Friday, January 18, 2013

United Kingdom: Road-building protesters score first victory in the second battle of Hastings

Guardian: King Harold's loss to Duke William of Normandy back in 1066 did a good job of putting Hastings on the map. Now the quiet countryside of the south coast is once again the scene of a great battle, and perhaps the start of a conflict that could last years. In the trees of Combe Haven, on the proposed site of a new link road between Hastings and Bexhill, protesters have been bravely battling East Sussex council. Campaigners argue that the proposed road will be expensive, unnecessary and ineffective...

URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2013/jan/18/road-building-protesters-victory-hastings
Enclosure: http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Environment/Pix/columnists/2013/1/7/1357572594447/Bexhill-Hastings-link-roa-006.jpg

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