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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