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Campaigners in call for inquiry over ‘conflict of interests’ in Clyde quarry plan

Environmentalists have demanded an inquiry into a conflict of interest they say has compromised a bitterly disputed plan for a massive new quarry on the banks of the River Clyde in Lanarkshire.

Two directors of Patersons Quarries Ltd, the Glasgow-based company behind an application for a three million-tonne sand and gravel quarry near Biggar, help run an environmental consultancy that has given a good report on the plan.