By Dave Black PLANS for a series of wind farms which would result in 26 giant turbines being erected in north Northumberland should be scaled down, according to a long-awaited report by independent consultants.

By Alastair Gilmour IT may look like a dilapidated farm steading at the moment, but an unremarkable group of buildings represents an enterprising future for Reg and Tamsin Watson.

By Robert Brooks As the pace of wind-farm development in the North-East gathers momentum, reporter Robert Brooks looks at the complexities of the planning system surrounding three schemes in the region.

By DR JOE LENNON THE Journal is definitely right in saying the argument for a 10- turbine wind farm at Moorsyde must be about more than fresh air. However, the slant that you took in your Editorial of December 18 may have been generated from hot air. The real debate is not about Richard Claxton.

SUPPORTERS of the Moorsyde windfarm yesterday denied their fledgling group was being run by developer Your Energy Ltd. But WWW@Moorsyde admitted it contacted the company immediately prior to its creation just over three weeks ago.