Tag archives for Bulverhythe
Dutch toTake the VOC Amsterdam Home?
DAVID EP DENNIS An ever-present reminder of the power of storm and tide for the last 277 years, something sits at St Leonards. At the lowest tides of the year, when the…
Bulverhythe Sewage Clean-up
BY SUSAN MCFIE AND KENT BARKER Days after a mains pipe burst in Bulverhythe, flooding local homes with sewage, Southern Water were still involved in a massive clear-up operation. Dozens…
Public Shit Storm
Sewage spills on beaches: who’s to blame? Beaches at Bexhill and Normans Bay were closed for around 48 hours on 18 and 19 August after over million litres of water, which…
A System Designed to Overflow
Most of Britain’s sewerage system – operated by Southern Water amongst other water companies since privatisation in 1989 but previously under public sector direction – has always, from its origins…
Understanding Bulverhythe
David EP Dennis, founder of Friends of Combe Valley, applauds the council’s belated decision to withdraw its development proposal. Combe Valley is the vale of the Combe Haven River. Its…
The Treasures of Galley Hill
By David EP Dennis Many people in Hastings and Bexhill will know of the orange sandstone cliffs of Galley Hill, St Leonards-on-Sea, rising on either side of Glyne Gap –…
Southern Water Get Red Flag Treatment
A red flag on a beach generally signals hazardous bathing conditions. That’s exactly what a new activist movement, the Hastings & St Leonards Clean Water Action Group, meant in raising…
Southern Watergate
By Ben Cornwell and Suzanne Kelly A few weeks ago, at Bulverhythe beach, all you would have heard were the calming sounds of the sea breeze, the pebbles clattering under…
Southern Water at Bay
A large sewage pipe at Bulverhythe belonging to Southern Water burst last week. According to initial reports, the leak occurred initially on the Wednesday and was partially repaired but, following…
Local Labour at Odds with Party’s National Policy?
Why is Hastings Borough Council (HBC) intent on building on green spaces within the borough when there are extensive brownfield sites in the town that could be developed instead? That…
Shipwreck Retains Pulling Power
Rod Webb visits the Amsterdam wreck Why on earth would upwards of 150 people gather on the beach in Bulverhythe at 8am on a Saturday morning in February? OK, it…
Fairground Plans Spark Criticism of Foreshore Trust
By Emma Harwood The Foreshore Trust – the charity which manages land from Rock-a-Nore to Bulverhythe on behalf of the public- has come under heavy criticism over its handling of…
No Winter Sports – We’re From Hastings
BY DANIEL BURTON Great Britain sent its largest team ever to the Winter Olympics this month - a total of 59 athletes. But where are the winter sports facilities in our…