BBC News: Plans for low-level radioactive waste disposal to be allowed at a landfill site in Northamptonshire have been given the go-ahead by the government. The decision for Kings Cliffe near Peterborough follows a two-year stand-off between the hazardous waste company Augean and campaigners. Some 98% of people who voted in local referendums opposed the plans. This was seen as a test case for waste companies and for the government’s proclaimed localism commitment. Communities Secretary Eric Pickles said he had accepted expert advice that planning permission for this additional waste “would not be harmful to the local community”.