However,

Parish councillor Lisa Buck said she was concerned there was "a high risk" the facility – which would store power generated by wind and solar farms – could catch fire.Elmya – which has yet to submit its plans for the Dodd's Wood site – said it would have "advanced monitoring, early fire detection, and suppression systems".

Battery energy storage systems (BESS) are used to stockpile excess energy from renewables and then release it when the power is needed most.The electricity is held inside Lithium-ion batteries which are housed in structures similar to shipping containers.With a growing number of solar projects proposed – including

– more storage is needed for the energy they generate.But concerns are being increasingly raised about potential fire risks, because of the lithium within the batteries, which can cause an explosion when it overheats.

A fire at a small BESS site in Liverpool in 2020 took fire crews 59 hours to extinguish, whilst

was left to burn on the advice of fire experts."It would give me an advantage over all the others."

Meanwhile, his popularity as a footballer endured. In 1991, Arthur Smith and Chris England wrote a stage play called An Evening With Gary Lineker, about a couple trying to rekindle their marriage during the 1990 World Cup semi-final.Starring Caroline Quentin, Clive Owen, Paul Merton and Martin Clunes, it was filmed for TV in 1994 - with Lineker making a cameo appearance.

He also began building his wider TV career, appearing as a team captain on BBC One's comedy panel show, They Think It's All Over, from 1995 to 2003.As a presenter, he got himself noticed when he stood in for Des Lynam on the Saturday afternoon sports show Grandstand, in 1997.