Border West Cumbria

Campaigners for and against a proposed coal mine in West Cumbria are expected to turn up as a planning inspector makes a site visit later today.

An inquiry into plans to open a new coal mine in west Cumbria has heard from an academic argue that the market for coal is too unstable to make the mine viable.

Those in favour and those opposed to the proposed mine near Whitehaven have been heard today.