Cheshire

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www.theguardian.com

cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/18319652 > > Day-Lewis has come out of retirement for Anemone, which his son Ronan Day-Lewis is directing, and is starring alongside Sean Bean and Samantha Morton. > > > >Filming for the feature took place in Handbridge in Chester this week, but ran into some difficulties after the council declined an application for a road closure, and traffic wardens began issuing tickets for the prop vehicles parked on double yellow lines. > > > > Pictures taken by a resident showed yellow parking tickets stuck to the windows of a number of vehicles, including a Ford Escort van, with production crew and filming equipment visible in the background. A row of late 20th-century vehicles can be seen parked along the road, where extras were reportedly being filmed for the backdrop of a scene.

www.bbc.com

cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/17070903 > > Councillors have narrowly approved the construction of an electricity substation which one described as a "monstrosity". > > > >The substation in Runcorn, Cheshire, has been designed to provide power to about 850 homes on the Sandymoor South and Wharford Farm estates being built by government agency Homes England. > > > >The agency’s application had been previously criticised with local politicians citing concerns that the substation would impose on existing homes in the area. > > > > ... > > > > The developments attached to the substation are part of a wider scheme, which has seen about 1,500 homes either built or proposed. > > > >However, the structure itself will stand in neighbouring Norton, close to existing homes that will not be powered by it, and lead to the loss of green space and trees. > > > > ... > > > > Other councillors expressed concerns over the choice of site, which was designated as green space in the authority’s delivery and allocations local plan, a blueprint which sets out the borough’s planning policy up to 2037.