A WORRIED mum has hit out at councillors saying they have failed to represent her views over a controversial mobile phone mast.

The Orange mast at Holmer Green Upper School, Parish Piece, Holmer Green, was put up two years ago despite appeals from local residents who are concerned about the effects it could have on their health.

Resident Sue Broadhurst, who has a daughter, Emma, eight, described her Chiltern District councillors, Margaret Hamilton (Con, Holmer Green) and David Schofield (Con, Holmer Green) as "more elusive than my national lottery numbers."

Her renewed fears over the mast have come in the wake of a recent report in The Daily Mail which uncovered ten cancer cases in the immediate vicinity of a mobile phone mast in Lincolnshire.

She said: "We have had our worries increased by the article.

"It's interesting to note that the mobile phone companies were saying there is no evidence the masts are a danger but now they are saying there is no conclusive evidence. The fact they stuck that word 'conclusiv'e in worries me even more."

Mrs Broadhurst and her neighbours even had Newsnight in the village to film a piece on the mast, due to its proximity to the school.

She added: "The headmaster has treated the residents here with indifference. I'm particularly concerned for my daughter's health."

In response to the criticisms levelled at her, Cllr Hamilton said: "Mrs Broadhurst has not tried to contact me at all lately. Why has she not rung to tell me what is going on? The planning department at the district council had no powers to stop these masts."

Cllr Schofield said he considered himself to be very accessible. He added: "Mrs Broadhurst has not tried to contact me for ages.

"The planning committee cannot do a thing. It's totally down to the school governors and the education department."

The headmaster of Holmer Green Upper School, Stephen Box, declined to comment, on the matter but a county council spokesman said the school was very concerned about local residents and had responded to them at length.

A spokesman for Orange said: "Orange acknowledges public concern regarding the siting of transmitters, however there is no conclusive evidence that makes a link between exposure to radio waves, transmitter masts and long-term public health risks."