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Solar farm plans prompt questions on land use
A proposal for a solar farm between villages near Selby has raised debate about agricultural land being used for green energy schemes. A planning application is being prepared for a 49.9MW solar farm and battery energy storage scheme (BESS) on farmland between the villages of Cawood and Wistow. Renewable energy company Quintas Cleantech said the 60-hectare Wiswood solar farm would power the equivalent of 15,150 homes, and the land could still be used for grazing animals. However, North Yorkshire councillor Stephanie Duckett raised concerns about using "good agricultural land", expressing her preference for solar schemes to use poorer agricultural land or brownfield sites. An environmental impact assessment report was submitted to North Yorkshire Council ahead of a full application being filed. An initial consultation exercise had been held with local residents, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service. The applicants said the scheme would "provide biodiversity enhancements" across the site, beyond the national requirement of 10%. Supporting documents added: "The proposal will have a lifespan of 40 years, after which all equipment will be removed from the site and the land will continue to be used for agriculture." Several other solar farms have been planned for the area, including one near the village of Camblesforth. Duckett said there had been a proliferation of schemes being proposed for the former Selby district recently. "The main problem is that they are being planned on good agricultural land," she added. "They say they will return the land back to agricultural land after 40 years, but who knows if these companies will still be around to pay to get rid of all that concrete you need to set up these solar farms." Planning authorities have previously been encouraged to encourage solar farms on poorer quality land rather than agricultural land classes as 'best and most versatile' (BMV). Quintas Cleantech said detailed soil assessments would be included with the planning application to find out if the proposed site was BMV, but this would not prevent it from being developed as a solar farm and BESS. Listen to highlights from North Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North. Local Democracy Reporting Service Plans drawn up for solar farm near Selby Solar farm proposal for green belt land rejected
Telegraph
29-05-2025
- Politics
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England vs West Indies, first ODI: New one-day era begins under Harry Brook
29 May 2025 1:12pm 1:10PM OVER 2: ENG 17/0 (Smith 13 Duckett 4) Jayden Seales will open from the Birmingham End and he strikes Smith on the pads with his first ball. It struck Smith on the full but was going down leg. Two balls later Smith is dropped. He flashes at a wider delivery from Seales and the ball flies to Greaves' right at second slip. Greaves sticks out his right hand but cannot keep hold of it. It runs away for four down to third man. Seales then strikes Smith on the pads and there is a huge appeal, which umpire Kumar Dharmasena turns down. The West Indies think long and hard before reviewing. It appeared that they had run out of time but they are allowed to review. It is not a good review to say the least from Shai Hope as the ball was going way down leg. Everyone knew it a long time before the decision came having seen just one replay and were quickly back into position. Smith then responds by drilling Seales through cover for four. He then finishes the over by flicking it through wide mid-on for another four and that brings to an end an eventful over. Smith has played a couple of delightful shots in that over but also looked troubled. 1:04PM OVER 1: ENG 5/0 (Smith 1 Duckett 4) Smith goes for a drive through the offside first ball and gets an inside edge through square leg to get the first run of the innings. A little bit of movement from Forde into Smith and the wind has got up at Edgbaston. Duckett faces three dot balls before finally getting off the mark with an emphatic cover drive for four. Too full from Forde and Duckett punishes him. Five from the opening over. The Harry Brook era has its first boundary courtesy of Ben Duckett 💥 — Sky Sports Cricket (@SkyCricket) May 29, 2025 12:59PM Ready to go Jamie Smith and Ben Duckett head out to the middle. Matthew Forde will send down the opening over. We are ready for action at Edgbaston. 12:56PM Nearly time for action Both sides make their way out onto the outfield, led by Bob Willis' daughter Katie. Tomorrow would have been Bob's 76th birthday and we have 45 seconds of roaring applause for the England great. 12:53PM Blue for Bob Day Today is #BlueForBob, where Edgbaston will turn blue to raise awareness and funds for Prostate Cancer 💙 — Sky Sports Cricket (@SkyCricket) May 29, 2025 12:51PM Revealed: English women's cricket becomes match-fixing target There are growing fears that English women's cricket is becoming a soft target for corruption, with hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of bets placed on matches. Corruption in men's cricket has been a longstanding issue for the sport, with numerous high-profile examples coming to light. A Telegraph Sport investigation can reveal a crackdown taking place in the women's game after uncovering: A total of £300,000 bet on one domestic match Players approached for team information via social media Anti-corruption officials sent to matches as part of crackdown Players forced to hand in mobile phones to officials during games Minimal security at venues during matches For more from Sonia Twigg, click here. 12:50PM Milestone for Rashid Adil Rashid is magic 🪄 Congratulations, Rash! 👏 #ENGvWI | #EnglandCricket — England Cricket (@englandcricket) May 29, 2025 12:49PM Smith given platform to be England's Adam Gilchrist with opener promotion Jamie Smith will open against West Indies as England begin their ODI rebuild under new captain Harry Brook by looking to the Test team for inspiration. Smith will be aiming to emulate Adam Gilchrist as a keeper turned ODI opener after replacing Phil Salt at the top of the order. Salt was part of the team that bombed at the Champions Trophy earlier this year, losing three matches out of three. Gilchrist, who like Smith batted at No 7 in Tests, scored 9,200 ODI runs with 16 centuries in 260 games as an opener, winning three World Cups with Australia. Of players who started their ODI careers before 2000, only five batsmen have a better strike rate. 12:47PM The thoughts of Harry Brook at the toss 'There are a couple of new faces who have played before but have not been in recently. We are looking forward to what the future holds. We will try to get back to winning ways, and try to have as strong a team as possible. 'As a batting unit, we need to try and get bigger scores individually - try to get those match-winning knocks; as a bowling unit, to take wickets throughout, and have the skills to bowl to certain dimensions.' 12:43PM Eye on the former captain Welcome to Edgbaston. A decent crowd in today. Jos Buttler bats at five and will keep in his first match as the former England captain. Harry Brook described him as still being the no 1 white ball batsman in the world yesterday but in reality he has not operated at that level for a while now. At 34 Buttler could still make the 2027 ODI World Cup but you feel they missed a trick here by not giving Tom Banton his chance and really building a fresh, young new team for Brook to work with. Cue a Buttler hundred today.
NDTV
23-05-2025
- Sport
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Joe Root Leaves Behind Sachin Tendulkar, Jacques Kallis, Breaks All-Time Record To Script History
England's flamboyant Joe Root shattered South Africa's legendary Jacques Kallis' record for the fastest to 13,000 Test runs and took a step closer towards dethroning India's legendary Sachin Tendulkar from the summit of the highest-run scorer in the format during the opening day of their one-off fixture against Zimbabwe at Trent Bridge. In a high-scoring opening day where England's top-order tormented the tourists, Root wasn't at his best and notched 34 before surrendering his wicket to Blessing Muzarabani. In his 153rd match. Root stepped on the crease, 28 runs shy of the milestone. In the 80th over of England's first innings, he sprinted for a single off Victor Nyauchi to breeze past the iconic Proteas all-rounder's record, who scripted the milestone to his name in the 159th match, six more than what Root took. The 34-year-old's exploits came to an end courtesy of Zimbabwe's short-ball ploy. Muzarabani hit the deck and lured the English star to pull the ball away. Root couldn't control the trajectory and holed it straight to Sean Williams. As he returned to the dressing room, wondering if he had left runs on the field, Root became just the fifth batter to cross 13,000 runs in Test format. After adding another feather to his cap, Root stands 2,916 runs away from Sachin's elusive tally of 15,921. Throughout the opening day, Zimbabwe, hot on the heels after a Test win over Bangladesh, were tormented by England's 'Bazball' playing top-order after opting to bowl on a dry surface. Ben Duckett and Zak Crawley pounced on every loose delivery under Nottingham's cloudy skies. At exactly run a ball, Duckett brought up his fifth Test hundred. Crawley arrived at the three-digit mark for the first time since July 2023 and 28 innings ago. Crawley and Duckett expressed their knack for runs and raised a rollicking opening stand worth 231, England's highest at home since 1960. After Wesley Madhevere confirmed Duckett's departure, Ollie Pope arrived and added the trimmings with his third hundred in as many games at Trent Bridge. England ended the day with 498/3 on the board, the highest they have in England on the opening day. At stumps, Pope stayed unbeaten on 169 from 163 deliveries as England welcomed Zimbabwe on their soil after 22 years with a bashing. Listen to the latest songs, only on
South Wales Guardian
23-05-2025
- Sport
- South Wales Guardian
England put Zimbabwe to the sword with record first-day total at Trent Bridge
The first meeting between the nations in 22 years looked like a mismatch on paper, the tourists having lost heavily to an inexperienced county XI last week, and the hosts lived up to lofty expectations at Trent Bridge. Ben Duckett hit a typically feisty 140, Zak Crawley put a lean winter behind him with 124 and vice-captain Ollie Pope trumped them both as he sprinted to an unbeaten 169 in the evening session. In doing so they set a new record for runs on the first day of a Test in England, eclipsing the 475 scored by Donald Bradman's Australia in 1934. We finish Day 1 just shy of 5️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ runs 😍 A brilliant day with the bat 🏏 — England Cricket (@englandcricket) May 22, 2025 While Duckett's spot at the top of the order is secure, both Crawley and Pope have faced questions over their positions, with Jacob Bethell tipped to return for next month's series against India once he returns from his time with Royal Challengers Bengaluru. Captain Ben Stokes gave the 21-year-old a ringing endorsement on the eve of the match but it is understood a definitive pecking order has yet to be decided. Whether hundreds against a limited Zimbabwe attack, which operated without the injured Richard Ngavara for more than half of the day, will be enough to hold off Bethell remains to be seen but England's top order did everything that could be asked of it. They maintained an unforgiving run-rate of 5.65 an over and combined for a bruising total of 62 boundaries and four sixes. Duckett's ton was the quickest of the three, ticking by in exactly 100 deliveries on his home ground, while Crawley produced a calmer innings than he is known for, taking 45 balls longer in an assured stay. It was a fifth Test century for both men, with an opening stand of 231 keeping Pope waiting around three hours for his own opportunity. When his time came, he made the most of it, getting off to a flying start en route to his eighth England century before punishing a weary bowling unit late on. Former England seamer Stuart Broad handed debutant Sam Cook his cap in the pre-match huddle, but Craig Ervine's call at the toss meant that was as much action as the newcomer saw. Instead it was over to Duckett and Crawley, who posted 130 before lunch at exactly five an over. There was only one half-chance of note, Crawley on 10 when he chipped a drive back to Blessing Muzarabani, who could not gather a tough return catch as he followed through. He began to lean into some pleasing drives but was happy to let Duckett take the lead, at one stage peeling off six boundaries in the space of 13 balls. He passed 50 with a thick edge over the slips but, for the most part, he was well in control. The left-hander continued to accumulate quickly after the break, taking in the acclaim of his home crowd as he eased to his fifth Test hundred and second on English soil. Unafraid to take a risk he survived three loose shots that might have gone to hand before finally finding a fielder, guiding Wessly Madhevere's off-spin to cover after depositing his first two balls for four and six. Pope survived an lbw shout off his first delivery, staying back to one that would have slid past leg, but was quick to assert himself. Six of his first 18 balls ended up at the ropes as he peppered the off-side. Crawley, whose torrid tour of New Zealand before Christmas saw him average just 8.66, did not hurry to three figures – content to take tea on 93 before finishing the job. He was in pain in the closing stages of his innings, needing treatment on a leg injury, and eventually fell lbw sweeping the disciplined Sikandar Raza. By then attention had moved to Pope, who had dashed along to 85, and he became the latest to raise his bat after cutting Raza for four. Joe Root ended the streak when he holed out for 34 but did soak up the applause for becoming just the fifth batter in Test history to pass 13,000 runs.
NDTV
22-05-2025
- Sport
- NDTV
Top Three Hit Hundreds As England Run Riot Against Zimbabwe
England's top three of Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett and Ollie Pope all made hundreds as they piled on the agony for a hapless Zimbabwe in a one-off four-day Test in Nottingham on Thursday. An utterly dominant England were 498 for three at stumps on the first day at Trent Bridge after number three Pope top-scored with 169 not out at better than a run-a-ball. That England almost made 500 runs in a day, allied to Pope's fourth score of over 150 at this level, emphasised the gulf between the sides in what is Zimbabwe's first Test in England in 22 years. Left-hander Duckett led the initial run-spree with 140 on his Nottinghamshire home ground and opening partner Crawley made 124. Not since the same trio all reached three figures against Pakistan at Rawalpindi in December 2022 had England's top three all made hundreds on the opening day of a Test. Crawley's century came after he had managed just 212 runs in his previous eight Tests at an average of 15.14. "With Ben playing as well as he did, I didn't feel pressure, and Popey the same," Crawley told Sky Sports after stumps. Kent batsman's Crawley first-innings scores in the County Championship so far this season are 1, 0, 1 and 6. "You know that you're under pressure and you want to score runs," said Crawley following just his fifth century in 54 Tests. "It's nice to find some rhythm. The wickets haven't been that easy for Kent and I've felt in good touch for some months now." But all three hundreds Thursday were made against a callow Zimbabwe attack which bore little relation to the sterner challenges awaiting England in an upcoming five-Test series at home to India before they head to Australia for the Ashes later this year. Ngarava injury Zimbabwe were further handicapped when Richard Ngarava, arguably the pick of their four pacemen with none for 42 in nine overs, left the field shortly after lunch having pulled up clutching his back and hamstrings when chasing a ball. Ngarava returned late in the final session but did not bowl again before leaving the field once more. Earlier, Zimbabwe captain Craig Ervine won the toss and fielded in the hope his attack could utilise the cloud cover above Trent Bridge, a ground renowned for aiding pacemen. His decision was all the more understandable given Zimbabwe's 138-run thrashing by a youthful combined county side in their lone warm-up match last week. But while Zimbabwe's four quicks got the occasional ball to deviate sharply, they also repeatedly over-pitched and bowled too short. The aggressive Duckett completed a hundred off exactly 100 balls before pulling Tanaka Chivanga, whose 12 wicketless overs cost an expensive 83 runs, for six. Duckett, however, exited in familiar fashion. Having thrashed spinner Wessly Madhevere's first ball through the covers for four and pulled the next for six, Duckett tamely chipped the third to cover. England were now 231-1 following their first three-figure opening partnership since Duckett and Crawley put on 109 against Ireland at Lord's in 2023. Crawley, after a trademark cover-driven four got him to 98, went to a 145-ball century, including 12 boundaries. But having suffered what appeared to be a bout of cramp, Crawley was lbw trying to sweep spinner Sikandar Raza to the delight of a small but voluble band of Zimbabwe supporters. Pope forced Raza for his 14th four in 109 balls as he extended his own record by becoming the first batsman to score his first eight Test hundreds against different opponents. So commanding were England, that when key batsman Joe Root holed out for 34 off persevering paceman Blessing Muzarabani (one for 111 from 20 overs) it made little difference. England captain Ben Stokes, listed to bat next, is making a comeback to cricket this week following the all-rounder's lengthy rehabilitation from his latest hamstring tear.
