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Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC, making it over 2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked up one of the more obscure Latin words, consectetur, from a Lorem Ipsum passage,… Read more »

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An unprecedented coalition of climate change activists and trade unionists have been camped outside the plant on the Isle of Wight
Vestas granted eviction order

By Liz Stephens Vestas wind turbine manufacturers have been granted a possession order after going to court for a second time today to evict the workers who have been barricaded in its offices for over a fortnight. Bob Crow, general secretary of the Rail Maritime and Transport (RMT) union, who was in court, said the… Read more »

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Vestas protest outside Department for Energy and Climate Change
Green jobs protestors to fight on

By Alex Stevenson Legal confusion handed a stay of execution to protestors at the Vestas wind turbine factory on the Isle of Wight, as debate rages about whether the government should step in. The sit-in protest at Vestas’ soon-to-close factory in the Isle of Wight could have been forced to an end by a court… Read more »