Tag archives for Old Roar Gill
WHAT’S ON YOUR MIND?
Letter Not Council’s Responsibility Dear HIP Your article in HIP 263 A Landslide for Local Democracy? about the Old Roar Gill makes no sense. If, as you say, the land…
A landslide for local democracy?
Residents’ perspectives on the Old Roar Gill landslip DR RALITSA HITEVA Last Wednesday evening (16 October), residents affected by the landslide at the Old Roar Gill (ORG) in February gathered…
Council Offers Landslide Toolkit
PAUL McLAUGHLIN Hastings Borough Council has prepared a ‘toolkit’ leaflet for residents concerned about landslides in the wake of those that impacted, separately, the neighbourhoods of Old Roar Gill and…
Old Roar Update
Hastings Borough Council’s insurers have agreed to fund the cost of an urgent geotechnical survey of the area of Old Roar Gill which suffered a severe landslip last month. The…
BOORMAN’S BACK
Former council manager joins crisis response team at Old Roar PAUL McLAUGHLIN Hastings Borough Council (HBC) has set up a dedicated emergency response taskforce to coordinate efforts to help those…
Clean Water Watch
A regular column to update readers on the damaging effects of the current management of water in Hastings, surrounding areas (and nationally) and what people are doing about it. If…
Clean Water Watch
A regular column to update readers on the damaging effects of our current management of water in Hastings and the surrounding area and what people are doing to improve the…
Sewage Leak: Pump Up the Volume
PAUL McLAUGHLIN The Pumphouse in Alexandra Park was packed last week (14 July) for a meeting to discuss the recent sewage pollution of the Old Roar Gill. There was a…
Southern Water– Bad to Worse
PAUL McLAUGHLIN It has been yet another bad fortnight for Southern Water. After being roundly criticised (see HIP 228) over its failure to provide crucial data to an independent inquiry…
Poetry corner: Old Roar Ghyll…haiku sequence
JOHN R PARSONS Old Roar Ghyllits ancient slabs still shedcreation’s trickle steep timber stepsrise and fall between gladeson the treacherous path clinging to vertical sidesold oaks convey networksof ivy into…
HIP Environmental News
Council protects nature reserves Colin Fitzgerald, lead member for the Environment said: “Hastings Borough Council has protected the very best wildlife areas in the town by declaring them Local Nature…