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16-05-2008, 09:15 AM
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£1m to save non-existent newts
A council spent £1million protecting rare newts on a building site - only to discover there were none there.
 Leicestershire County Council delayed a major road-building scheme for three months after evidence of great crested newts was found on the site.mThe species is protected by law, but after the authority paid hundreds of thousands of pounds for special newt-fencing and traps, not one of the rare creatures was discovered. The action was taken on the strength of a report from environmental experts, which found there could have been between one and 10 of the 6 inch amphibians on the site. Officials have lodged a complaint with the government, claiming the outlay would have a knock-on effect on local services, reports the Daily Telegraph. Council leader David Parsons fumed: "I'm not happy that we have gone a million pounds over on the bypass and then found no great crested newts. "It's completely unacceptable. I've written to the minister concerned, and all he can say to me is that it's because of European Union regulations." The possible colony was found near the £15million Earl Shilton bypass in Leicester during surveys last summer. Workers were even required to inspect the traps twice a day once temperatures rose above 41F (5C). But Derek Needham, council engineering manager, confirmed: "We have caught a number of normal newts but no great crested newts." What a waste of money  | ||||||||
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16-05-2008, 11:00 AM
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16-05-2008, 11:14 AM
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Awww they are so cute!
 I would like to know who told them that the newts were there in the first place. Surely it's their fault for not checking properly before reporting their existance on the site? | ||||||||
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Any connection between your reality and mine is completly coincidental
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16-05-2008, 12:05 PM
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16-05-2008, 12:21 PM
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Any connection between your reality and mine is completly coincidental
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16-05-2008, 12:32 PM
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16-05-2008, 04:13 PM
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There's just been a storyline like that on The Archers!
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