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Local Radio,23 Jan 2024,28 mins

SeriesThe Spycops

7. Ratcliffe on Soar power station protest

Undercover

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In 2009, a covert plan to shut down Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station is prevented by a police raid. One of the people arrested is undercover police officer Mark Kennedy. Andy talks to other people who were there and talks to Doctor Tom Rogers from Nottingham Trent University about how shutting down a power station would affect the UK’s power supply.

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