What it is basically saying is that if you are exposed to 0.4 micro-Tesla, the sort of level you get if you live reasonably near a pylon or heavy sub-station there is a doubling of risk.

Residents in an Essex town have raised concerns about potential disruption caused by an electricity infrastructure project.

The Times reported that Government plans will set out that households living within half a kilometre of new or upgraded power systems such as pylons could ... our economy £7.4 billion a year ...

Residents living close to proposed pylons have described a scheme to compensate them as an "insult" and a "bribe". Energy Secretary Ed Miliband recently announced plans to offer residents living ...

The proposals would see households living within 500m of new or upgraded pylons get discounts equivalent to £250 a year for a decade. However, the Tories said they previously argued the reduction ...

Residents who live near newly installed pylons will be compensated with £250-a-year off their energy bills, a minister has said. Housing and planning minister Alex Norris told Sky's Wilfred Frost ...

Sue Harrison, from Spalding, says a proposed electricity substation will "dominate" the views from her rural home Residents living close to proposed pylons have described a scheme to compensate ...