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RICHARD EDEN: Alexander and Eliza Newport hatched bold plans for the 12,000-acre family estate on the Shropshire-Staffordshire border which Alexander Newport now controls.
They have hatched bold plans for the 12,000-acre family estate on the Shropshire-Staffordshire border which Alexander Newport now controls, celebrated the birth of their first child — and still found time to track down auction house treasures and host friends in their 'ruby-red dining room' with its splendid cut-glass candelabra. But, judging by the howls of outrage emerging from their home village of Weston-under-Lizard, Alexander and Eliza Newport may soon hear some innovative, and quite possibly abrasive, suggestions for what precisely they can do with their cut-glass candelabra. Even the County Highways roared in with objections, pointing out that the development raises 'unacceptable safety concerns', given narrow lanes and junctions and the fact that an '18ft rigid truck is required to serve the site'.
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