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Radio Cumbria,4 mins

Carlisle, destination pylon

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UK's biggest substation the size of around 40 football pitches and 50m pylons proposed. It's part of the planned electrical cross-border connection linking Scotland with England. BBC Cumbria political reporter Bob Cooper, speaks to concerned local residents of Whamtown, who could live right next to the scheme. Getty Images - Darren Staples

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