"I must admit, I don't know who he is, " says Herminio Batalla, as he enjoyed his paper on a park bench.

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The decision to site the incinerator close to the Shotton Paper Mill on Deeside Industrial Park has met widespread opposition from communities on both sides of the Dee estuary.

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He soon stopped taking a daily shower, and even went to the park to read the paper without putting on a tie.

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