ANGRY residents gathered on Sunday to protest against a proposed industrial-sized solar park in the middle of Bentley.

They were up in arms over correspondence received from Wiltshire-based company Solstice Renewables stating that it was applying for planning permission to build a 20,000-panel solar park on a 23-acre field on land east of Vickery Lane, off Station Road.

For full story, see this week's Alton Herald.