Paris medallists join people on Isle of Portland in opposing proposals that could damage air quality and environment

British Olympic athletes who train at an internationally renowned sailing academy on the south coast are threatening to quit the site over plans to build a £150m waste incinerator next to their base.

Ellie Aldridge, an Olympic gold medallist, is among the competitors at the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy opposing the construction of the new incinerator for burning household rubbish on the Isle of Portland, on the Jurassic coast.