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21 November 2008
Part of Minsmere Reserve to be
surrendered to the sea. For more details please follow these links:
Environment Agency- Minmere
EADT
RSPB -
http://www.rspb.org.uk/ourwork/conservation/sites/england/suffolkcoast.asp
http://www.onesuffolk.co.uk/MinsmereLevelsStakeholdersGroup
29 October 2008
Following a visit organised by SCAR (Suffolk Coast Against Retreat) new chairman
of the Environment Agency, Lord Chris Smith, says areas of the Suffolk
coast will not be
abandoned “unless it is absolutely necessary” To read news stories
follow these links
EADT
LJ
BBC Look East
17 September 2008
Round Britain sailors
having started on 5 July from Bosham reach Orford on the last leg of their trip
to raise funds
for Moorfields Eye Hospital to buy equipment to treat babies like Theo who
became blind with a
genetic eye condition known as Leber's Congenital
Amaurosis. To find out more and, if you wish make a donation,
please go to
http://www.theosfuture.org Photo
1(Off Orford Quay) Photo 2
4 September 2008
Good News! The East Lane Trust have
finally secured all permissions needed so that work can commence on
new sea defences. To see press release please follow this
link
1 September 2008
Minsmere Level Stakeholders Group publish
second newsletter
To view please follow this link
26 August 2008
Dredging off Southwold could pose a
threat to Suffolk coastal defences.
To read more please follow this
link
19 August 2008
John Gummer says Lord Smith's approach is
unacceptable. "We want managed defence not managed retreat."
Chairman of Alde and Ore Association seeks early meeting with Lord Smith.
To see news story please follow this
link.
18 August 2008
Lord Smith, new Chairman of the Environment
Agency, says hundreds of homes along the Suffolk coast will need
to be abandoned due to rising sea levels. To read more please follow these
links -
Independent -
Mail
1 August 2008
Prince Charles visits Suffolk including Snape
Maltings
To view EADT and video links and photos please click below
http://www.eadt.co.uk/content/eadt/news/story.aspx?brand=EADOnline&category=News&tBrand
=EADOnline&tCategory=news&itemid=IPED31%20Jul%202008%2013%3A06%3A27%3A850
30July 2008
Hundreds demonstrate on Southwold promenade
in protest at Government plans to abandon sea and river defences
To read more follow these links:
EADT
Daily Telegraph
Blyth Estuary Group
BBC
T
28 July 2008
Camper vans banned from sea wall at Slaughden.
Alde and Ore Association has it on good authority
chemical toilets were being emptied into the sea. To read more follow this
link
27 July 2008
Demonstration planned on Southwold beach on Wednesday 30 July at 10.30am
To read more please follow these links
Blyth Estuary Group,
EADT
article
PA release
10 July 2008
In his report to the Regional Flood Defence
Committee (Anglian region) Harvey Bradshaw, the new Regional Director, says
more resources will be available to finance coastal defences. To read the
key extract from his report please click
here.
8 July 2008
Phil Woolas, Minister for
the Environment at DEFRA, says that there is no way anyone is going to allow
vast swathes of Norfolk
to flood as suggested in one option put forward in a discussion paper prepared
by Natural England. To read the BBC and
other press reports please follow these links:
BBC report Look East video
North Eastern Daily press report.
17 June 2008
Campaigners join forces to
save Suffolk's coast attended a meeting organised by Suffolk County Council
and Suffolk and Waveney District Councils in Southwold on 14 June.
To find out more please follow this
link.
10 June 2008
East of England Government Minister says
" government, its agencies and local councils must work together
for an integrated solution to the dangers of flooding. You can't do
something if locals disagree".
For details please follow this
link.
22 April 2008
County Councillor and Cabinet Member Guy
Macgregor calls for Parliamentary debate on
Blyth Estuary proposals. For details please follow this
link
21 April 2008
Residents from villages around the Blyth
fills sandbags on Walberswick beach to help protect river defences
For more information click
here
20 April 2008
Army Chief of Staff condemns plan to
flood Norfolk Broads
For more information please follow these links
Sunday
Times and
Eastern Daily Press
14 April 2008
Hilary Benn, Secretary of State for the
Environment says in BBC radio interview that it could prove
uneconomical to defend some stretches of the coast of East England but
recognises that no-one
can accurately predict future levels of sea level rise. For more
information click here
Report from by David Green East Anglian Daily Times 14 April 2008
10 April 2008
Villagers at Potter Heigham ask people
throughout the country to join with them in opposing
Government plans to withdraw sea defences along an important part of the Norfolk
coast
For more information click
here
9 April 2008
Villagers
vented their fury at the government during a packed public meeting held on 8
April in one of the
parish churches directly threatened by a proposal to abandon six Norfolk Broads
villages
to the North Sea. For more information click
here
Local Villagers from
villages around the Blyth halt advance of tide
For more information follow this link
www.rade.net/beg/
7 April 2008
Coastal Concern Action Group (Happisburgh)
organise meetings to discuss Natural England's
proposals to surrender key part of Norfolk Coast to the Sea
For more details click
here
Suffolk County Council seeks to frustrate
Environment Agency plans to abandon
flood defences on the Blyth. For more information click
here.
28 March 2008
Natural England refuse to release details
of their options for surrender to the sea
For fuller reports click
here
(Norfolk Eastern Daily Press) and
here
(EADP)
14 March 2008
Coastal residents can protect their homes
For fuller report click
here
13 March 2008
Right to save homes in landmark coastal
ruling
For fuller report click
here
- For press release issued by Charlie England's solicitor click
here
7 March 2008
Flood defences. SCAR chairman
issues warning of declaration of war.
For fuller report click
here
4 March 2008
Efforts to plug a breach in the walls
defending Tinker's Marsh on the Blyth fail
For fuller report click
here
19 February 2008
Graham Hay Davison,
Chairman of Suffolk Harbour Users' Association, says repair of
wall
is vital to the future prosperity of the harbour.
For fuller report click
here.
18 February 2008
East Anglian Daily News devotes several pages to coverage of the Walberswick SOS demonstration
To view please click
here.
17 February 2008
For first aerial picture of Walberswick SOS demonstration by Mike Page please click
here.
15 February 2008
Youngsters
and the Rt Hon John Gummer MP confirm that they will be joining
the SOS demonstration
on Walberswick beach 17 February.
For latest EADT update
click here.
2 February 2008
Villagers
adjacent to the Blyth plan SOS demonstration on Walberswick beach 17 February
to protest at Environment
Agency's
plans to withdraw funding of Blyth river defences.
For more information
click here.
To link to EADT article click
here.
28 January 2008
The Blyth
Estuary Group say clay walls built 400 years ago can be reinstated at a cost of
thousands of pounds
- not the £40 million which the Environment Agency estimates.
For fuller report click
here.
20 January 2008
Wave of protest over flood policy.
Graham Henderson, chairman of SCAR, says a wave of objection to the
Government's coastal defence policy could build into a "tsuanmi" of protest.
For fuller report click
here.
15 January 2008
Pay leaps at DEFRA despite hefty fines.
Farmers and those who wish to see more spent on maintenance
of our sea and river defences will be dismayed by these developments - for more
details follow this link
14 January 2008
David Andren, Chairman
of the Alde and Ore Association, suggests profits from dredging should
be used to finance Suffolk's coastal defences -
for more details click here.
11 January 2008
SCAR'S Chairman challenges views of new Regional Director of the Environment Agency - for more details click here.
7 January 2008
Harvey Bradshaw, the
new Regional Director for the Environment Agency, has confirmed Government plans
to abandon
estuary and sea defences along the Suffolk coast. Statement has been
strongly criticised by John Gummer MP
- for more details click here.
15 December 2007
Government approves East Lane Trust's plans to use development gains for vital flood defence works - More details to follow.
14 December 2007
Environment
Agency withdraw maintenance from the river walls protecting the Tinkers and
Delacroix marshes on the Blyth Estuary.
David Andren, Chairman of the Alde and Ore Association, argues this could set an
alarming precedent - for more details
click here
12 December 2007
Environment Agency start work
to heighten the river banks protecting the Aldeburgh marshes
for more details
click here
Is this Joined Up Government? Environment
Agency say responsibility for keeping the A12 at Blythburgh
free from flooding is not a matter for them - for more details
click here
Blyth consultation period extended to 29 February 2008 says
the Manager of the Envrionemnt Agency's
Anglian (Eastern) Region - for more details
click here
Blyth Strategy Draft Technical Report
finally published - for more details click here
11 December 2007
Suffolk County Council say
movers o abandon flood defences along the
Suffolk coast will cost taxpayers up to £5million
just to keep open key roads such as the A12 - for more details
click here
Environment Agency finally issue background technical paper, following protests
by Alde and Ore Association and others,
and extend deadline for comments now believed, according to press reports, to be
29 February 2008
To access copies of background papers please go to our
Library page
7 December 2007
SCAR urges Parliamentary Select Committee
to extend Enquiry into flooding to problems facing
coastal communities. Alde and Ore Association writes to support this
initiative -
for more details click here (SCAR)
or here (Alde & Ore Association)
6 December 2007
Government announcement proposes major
changes in local government throughout Suffolk. Proposals could
make Aldebugh part of a huge unitary authority based at Ipswich - for more details
click here
5 December 2007
Suffolk County Council and Suffolk
Coastal and Waveney District Councils declare Environment Agency's
draft strategy for the Blyth unacceptable and take steps to oppose Government's
policy for abandoning
sea and tidal river defences along the Suffolk coast - for more details
click here
4 December 2007
Alde and Ore Association call upon Agency to publish key economic impact study - for more details click here
30 November 2007
Pupils from Aldeburgh Primary School flood Environment Agency with Letters - - for more details click here
25 November 2007
High tide at 12.30 pm about 3 feet lower than on 9 November - for more details click here
13 November 2007
Libby Purves says don't give up on sea
defences -
for more details click here
Don't give up on sea defences | Libby Purves - Times Online
