ANGRY residents in Ditton hope that people power will stop a huge mobile phone mast being built on their doorsteps.
The residents from the Hale Road area have handed a 200-name petition and 70 letters of protest to Halton Borough Council, which is considering a planning application for the 11.7m mast.
Pensioner Fred Cummings, 67, leader of the protest group, said he has been astounded by the level of public support the campaign has received.
He said: 'It's been amazing. People have been stopping me in the street to give us moral support and wish us luck with the campaign.
'We handed in a petition with 200 signatures and 70 letters from individual residents opposed to the mast. Now we're just waiting to see what the council say.'
The Weekly News reported last week how a residents' protest group had been formed to oppose plans for the a 11.7m phone mast and two equipment cabinets, which is to be considered by the council's development control committee.
Residents fear that radiation from the mast will affect their health, that it will be an eyesore and that the installation will become a target for vandalism.
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