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United Kingdom: Wind turbines, a new airport and an atomic plant threaten historic wetlands
Posted by Guardian: Jamie Doward on March 24th, 2013
Guardian: In the picturesque town of Lydd, the museum records the fate of two smugglers arrested at the turn of the 17th century. The men were locked in a room at a inn on the edge of Romney Marsh, a few miles from the English Channel, where they were guarded by six armed customs officers.
But the officers were unprepared for the militancy of local residents. Hours after the arrests, more than 100 from the surrounding marshes confronted the guards, freeing the men. More than a century later, residents confirmed...
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