Mining firm withdraws plan for UK’s first deep coalmine in 30 years
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Move ends bid for site near Whitehaven, Cumbria after planning permission
was quashed by high court
The Whitehaven coalmine’s planning application has be...
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Italy's benchmark stock index leapt 3.7 percent and the nation's borrowing costs plunged after the country's Senate passed a crucial austerity budget demanded by the European Union. Other European stock markets and the euro also pushed higher as investors became more confident that Italy would avoid a fiscal disaster.
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