Children born or living near the power lines were 1.7 times more likely to contract leukaemia than those in the control group, the research found.
Some studies have already shown an association between some types of electromagnetic fields and increased childhood leukaemia.
Research author Dr Gerald Draper said other research suggested power lines might account for 20 to 30 of 500 cases of childhood leukaemia each year.
But, he said, his work indicated a far smaller number of cases were affected.
The findings were “surprising” and prompted further research, he added.
The Department of Health said it would not comment on the findings until Dr Draper submitted his final report.
Children living under high-voltage power lines could run double the risk of getting cancer, new research reportedly suggests.
Those living within 100 metres of the cables are more likely to suffer from leukaemia, the study indicates.
The Childhood Cancer Research Group at Oxford University studied 70,000 children under 15 for the Department of Health report, half of whom had cancer.
The seven-year study is reported in the Times and the Independent newspapers.
The research looked at the prevalence of high-voltage power cables near children’s homes.
Eddie O’Gorman, chairman of the UK charity Children with Leukaemia, said: “There is now a clear case for immediate government action.
“Planning controls must be introduced to stop houses and schools being built close to high voltage overhead power lines.”
But Professor John Toy, Cancer Research UK’s Medical Director, said: “People who currently live or have lived near power lines in the past need not panic about this research. The triggers that cause childhood leukaemia are most likely a random course of events over which a parent has no control.
A spokesman from the Health Protection Agency said the study findings suggested that at least some of the increased leukaemia risk might be associated with factors other than electromagnetic fields.
Dr David Grant, of Leukaemia Research, said: “We recognise there is a lot of public anxiety and concern about living close to pylons and exposure to power-frequency magnetic fields.
“There is no reason why anyone should be advised to move house on the basis of these new results.”
There are around 7,000km of high voltage power lines involved in the transmission of electricity across England and Wales, and 21,800 steel pylons.
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Ofcom has had two complaints about the Joseph choirs competition but as websites are outside its purview it had referred them back to the BBC.
In online forums, comments include: “My respect for the BBC has plummeted beyond belief!” and “The whole thing has been one disaster after another, only hope they apologise on the TV show to the thousands of kids who feel let down.”
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“The southwest entrance will look more like an industrial park than a national park,” he added.
The group said that more than a quarter of tourists surveyed by VisitScotland in 2003 said they would avoid parts of the countryside with electricity pylons, mobile phone masts and wind farms.
Cairngorms Revolt Against Pylons said the additional cost of laying the cables underground had to be measured against potential decades of lost revenue from reduced tourism.
The group estimated that laying the cables underground would cost between 10 and 15 times more than building overhead lines.
The area around Loch Laggan has become famed worldwide as the backdrop for the popular Monarch of the Glen series.
The electricity firm said it had tried to keep visual intrusion to a minimum.
Scottish and Southern Energy said the pylon line was essential to ship power produced by new wind farms and hydro schemes in the Highlands and islands to customers further south.
The firm’s Keith MacLean said: “Renewable energy is best harvested well away from where the population is, so we need the wires to bridge the gap.
“We’ve worked hard to try to minimise the impact of the new line and indeed there will be just over half the number of pylons there were before.”
A spokesman for the executive said: “To construct this overhead line, Scottish and Southern Energy would require consent from the Scottish ministers.
“Although we are aware of the proposed overhead line, a formal application has not yet been received.”
Mead is one of three performers who won West End roles on Saturday night.
Earlier in the evening, Danny Bayne and Susan McFadden were crowned the winners of ITV1’s Grease Is The Word.
The duo, who were also picked by a public phone vote, will take the lead roles of Danny and Sandy in a Piccadilly Theatre production of Grease starting on 8 August.
McFadden, 24, from Dublin, is the sister of former Westlife singer Brian McFadden.
She told presenter Zoe Ball: “I can’t wait. I’ve waited so long to get here.”
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“The result of this increase in transmission capacity will be to encourage even more giant wind turbines to seek connection to it in order to feed energy junkies down
south.
“We are concerned about the impact of this powerline and its relationship to the government’s energy and environmental policy.
“There is increasing opposition to large-scale, land-based wind farms in Scotland, and with the executive making changes to the funding arrangement to encourage more
marine energy, government policy is beginning to point more in favour of large-scale schemes being located offshore.”
The RAS has urged the executive to hold a public local inquiry to examine the implications of the project.
Mr Young said: “We have submitted an environmental assessment on the project, which is replacing existing pylons.
“The length of transmission line at Cairngorms National Park would also be reduced.”
The Scottish Executive said it had received a planning application for the project and that it could be subject to a public inquiry.
The organisation said there were some outstanding issues for which it was seeking amendments of the proposal.
In particular, it wishes to see alternative route options considered in greater detail where the route crosses the Cairngorms National Park and the Ochils, near the
Wallace Monument.
John Thomson, SNH director, said: “This development is seen as the key to unlocking the environmental and economic benefits of renewable energy production in areas
which hold some of the best resources in Europe.
“It will also inevitably impact upon areas valued highly for their wildlife, habitats, and landscapes, and for the outdoor recreation opportunities that they offer.”
He added: “The development will lead to some unavoidable adverse impacts. Our role is to ensure these are minimised as much as possible.
“We will need further information to be supplied and the acceptance of planning conditions, as well as more detailed talks with the developer in relation to landscape
and visual impacts.”
Scottish Natural Heritage has said it is not opposed in principle to plans to build a 137-mile power transmission line of huge pylons from the Highlands.
The 400kV line from Beauly, near Inverness, to Denny, near Falkirk, was the “most extensive development” on which the body had ever taken a view.
It did say it would prefer alternative routes for some parts of the line.
Plans were submitted to the Scottish Executive last year by Scottish and Southern Energy and ScottishPower.
SSE said the upgraded line would ship renewable energy to the south.
The company does not believe that a current 132kV line is sufficient to feed power from the growing number of wind and hydro energy sites in the Highlands and Islands
to the National Grid.
It has proposed an upgraded line with about 600 pylons, some up to 213ft high.
The company said that overall there would be 200 fewer pylons than on the existing transmission line, but that they would be bigger.
The proposals have already been attacked by the Ramblers Association in Scotland, which claimed they would be “disastrous”.
Part of the proposed line will run through the Cairngorms National Park, which is one of the areas where the route has sparked most protest.
Campaign group Cairngorms Revolt Against Pylons called for a local public inquiry following the application.
The group has warned that the move would totally contradict the park’s central aims, as well as undermining Scotland’s reputation for wild landscapes.
Jo Cumming, chair of the campaign group, said: “We are disappointed that SNH has not asked for a strategic environmental assessment which would take into account all
the energy requirements across Scotland, the broad range of renewable energy options and energy conservation.
“What will the Cairngorms National Park and Scotland as a whole look like in five to 10 years’ time?
“If even a few of the proposed plans for wind farms go ahead the CNP and Scotland will be a wirescape.”
However, SNH concluded that many concerns are likely to be addressed through provision of further information or the application of planning conditions.
