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Britain's top court rejects Trump's bid to stop wind farm near Scottish golf course

U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and his wife, Melania Trump, speak to the media in the spin room following the U.S. Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas, Nevada December 15, 2015. REUTERS/David Becker

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Supreme Court on Wednesday threw out U.S. Republican presidential front runner Donald Trump's bid to stop wind farms being built near his luxury Scottish golf resort. The decision, by five senior judges, was unanimous. Scotland's government had given the go-ahead to build 11 offshore turbines on the northeastern coast of Scotland provoking anger from Trump who believes they will spoil the view from the nearby greens of his multi-million dollar golf complex. Lawyers for Trump, whose call last week to deny Muslims entry to the United States had created widespread criticism in Britain, had argued at the UK's top court that the Scottish government's decision to approve the scheme was flawed. (Reporting by Michael Holden and Kate Holton; editing by Guy Faulconbridge)