Curiouser and curiouser - Cumbria County Council postpones Thursday’s council decision on whether or not to approve a new coalmine near this old one (below) on Whitehaven....

Council claims the planning report is not ready. Objections have already halted this process several times as has one JR. Planned demo in Kendal goes ahead anyhow on Thursday...

This the same council whose planning leaders refused to answer questions about the proposal from @Channel4News . Next likely decision time is now October...

The decision is of national and international significance in a climate emergency and ever more politically charged as the months tick down to the UK hosting the critical COP climate summit in Glasgow next year. Watch this space...