THE National Grid is to mail out 135,000 newsletters across Cumbria next month urging people to have their say on how electricity should be carried through the county.

It’s a 12-week consultation about where to site new electric lines to connect the proposed nuclear power station near Sellafield, and the Walney Offshore windfarm, into the grid.

Further information at: www.northwestcoastconnections.com

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