Media coverage
1Locals oppose plans for a new road in Sussex, ITV Meridian, 22 May 2013 [about the 'gateway' road]
Link Road alternative not fully investigated Hastings Observer, 13 May 2013
George Osborne digs himself a hole: ‘Uneconomical’ roads to get go-ahead, Independent on Sunday, 6 May 2013
Transport Minister lobbied over controversial road, ITV Meridian, 4 March 2013
Protesters demand full disclosure of DfT advice on link road, Guardian, 3 March 2013
Bexhill to Hastings protesters return to hedge their bets, Argus, 21 February 2013
Tree protesters set up another camp, ITV Meridian, 21 February 2013
Protesters angry over new road Meridian News, 12 February 2013
Protests as East Sussex council agrees £60m cuts BBC Sussex, 12 February 2013
Bexhill to Hastings roadworks continue despite lack of funds Brighton Argus, 4 February 2013
The battle against the bulldozers goes on, says Hynde’s daughter Independent, 4 February 2013
Bexhill-to-Hastings road protesters finally brought down BBC Sussex, 30 January 2013
Rock Star Chrissie Hynde’s Daughter Natalie in Tree Protest Arrest International Business Times, 30 January 2013
The moment Chrissie Hynde’s daughter was arrested at ‘Battle of Hastings’ protest camp after bailiffs cut her down from treehouse, Daily Mail, 29 January 2013
Bexhill to Hastings road: Protest site evictions resume, BBC Sussex, 28 January 2013
Eviction begins at final Bexhill-to-Hastings road protest camp, Guardian, 28 January 2013
Eco leaders join Bexhill to Hastings road action plan, The Argus (Brighton), 28 January 2013
Battle rages on over Combe Haven, ITV Meridian, 26 January 2013
Bexhill road protest is about putting the environment on the right side of the ledger, Guardian.co.uk, 25 January 2013 [Environment blog piece by John Sauven, executive director of Greenpeace UK]
Your Interview – Sitting Bull, Bexhill to Hastings link road protester, The Argus, 25 January 2013
Last camp standing at Combe Haven, New Internationalist blog, 25 January 2013
Bexhill-to-Hastings road protesters ’caused year’s delay’, BBC News Sussex, 25 January 2013 [strange piece that doesn't substantiate the claim in the headline - too early to count those chickens yet folks!]
From the local Observer newspapers, 25 January 2013:
From the Rye & Battle Observer, 25 January 2013
Bexhill road protest is about putting the environment on the right side of the ledger, Guardian.co.uk, 25/01/2013 [Guardian environment blog by John Sauven, Executive Director, Greenpeace UK]
Chrissie Hynde’s daughter is the new public face of UK road protests, Guardian, 23 January 2013
‘They have got more manpower, but we have got guerilla tactics’, Times, 23 January 2013
Dedicated follower of passion: Daughter of Pretenders star Chrissie Hynde and The Kinks’ Ray Davies joins new generation of ‘swampies’ in treetop by-pass protest, Daily Mail, 21 January 2013
The Granny Swampies: Remember those anarchic, tree dwelling protestors? Well, there’s a new generation – only now they bring their knitting, Daily Mail, 19 January 2013
[VIDEO] Bexhill-to-Hastings road protesters’ last stand against eviction, Guardian.co.uk, 18th January 2013. Wonderful short film about the eviction of “Base Camp” by Laurence Topham.
Road-building protesters score first victory in the second battle of Hastings, Guardian.co.uk, 18th January 2013 (Environment blog piece by Green MEP Keith Taylor)
Centre spread in the Hastings & St Leonards Observer, 18 January 2013:
Letter to the Brighton Argus, 18 January 2013:
Hastings to Bexhill link road protesters say they will be back following eviction, The Argus, 18th January 2013
Sitting Bull Removed from Tunnel, Hastings Observer, 18th January 2013
‘Battle of Hastings’ demo digs in, Littlehampton Gazette, 18th January 2013
Eco-activist allowed to leave protest tunnel as temperatures plummet, Guardian, 17th January 2013
Full report: The end of the road, ITV Meridian, 17th January 2013
Bexhill-to-Hastings road protester let back in tunnel, BBC, 17th January 2012
Bailiffs clear all protesters from Hastings link road site, This is Sussex, 17th January 2013
Why I joined the second Battle of Hastings, Tom Druitt (campaigners perspective), New Internationalist blog, 16th January 2013
Bexhill to Hastings road: Bailiffs evict road protesters, BBC, 16th January 2013
[VIDEO] Bailiffs gather at Bexhill to Hastings road protest site, BBC, 16th January 2013
In pictures: Bexhill to Hastings link road protesters evicted, BBC, 16th January 2013
400-year-old trees are felled to make way for new road in Hastings, The Argus, 16th January 2013
Pictures of the Day – Bexhill Protest, 16th January 2013 (Scroll down)
Bexhill to Hastings link road activists ‘to resist eviction’, BBC, 15th January 2013
Protesters vow to prevent new road, Belfast Telegraph, 15th January 2013
Protesters vow to prevent new road, Express and Star, 15th January 2013
Protesters fight ‘second battle of Hastings’ – special report, ITV Meridian news, 14 January 2013
Why I chose to join the fight against the link road, Campaign for Better Transport, 14 January 2013
Minister for Climate Change backs new roads in own constituency, PostMag.org, 14 January 2013
14 January 2013
The running battle brewing in 1066 country, Daily Telegraph, 14 January 2013 [Comment piece by former Telegraph editor Charles Moore: "As I write, angry grandmothers are tying themselves up in the branches of trees, attempting to prevent the advance guard of chainsaws which precede the Norman cavalry, otherwise known as the road-builders. Combe Haven valley is just inland from Bulverhythe. If Mr Austin and Mr Grehan are right, that William did, indeed, land at Bulverhythe and camped at Upper Wilting Farm on the hill above, then the new road threatens the Norman site. If Mr Austin is correct, that the battle took place at Crowhurst, then the entire site from coast to village becomes semi-sacred. The anti-link campaigners would then be able to stop the road, at least until everything had been properly excavated."]
The new weapon in the battle for Hastings: the granny tree, Daily Telegraph, 12 January 2013
Road protests return: a new generation takes on the bypass builders, The Guardian, 12 January 2013
Cutting down a tree is worse than fox hunting, Times, 12 January 2013
Middle-class protesters who stopped bulldozers creating new Hastings bypass arrested, Daily Telegraph, 11 January 2013
Bailiffs and environmentalists prepare for the ‘Second Battle of Hastings’ as Sitting Bull leads new generation of ‘Swampy’ road protesters, Daily Mail, 11 January 2013
Fresh wave of link road protests, Hastings & St Leonards Observer, 11 January 2013
Link Road protest reaches new heights, Battle Observer, 11 January 2013 [NB This piece uncritically reproduces the police claims that: (a) they were forced to shut the road (they weren't); and (b) makes unfounded assertions about the employment status of those arrested.]
BBC Today programme, BBC Radio 4, 10 January 2013. Two five min slots: “Roger Harrabin with the new swampies” [starts around 7.21am]; and debate between the Campaign for Better Transport’s Stephen Joseph and Adam Marshall from the British Chambers of Commerce [starts around 8.42am]. Should be available on to “listen again” to for several days through this link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/listen_again/default.stm
Road scheme protesters ‘to lose’, BBC News, 10 January 2013. Wide-ranging piece with an unfortunate title. Among other things, BBC Environment Analyst Roger Harrabin highlights the redacted DfT recommendations, and challenges ESCC leader Peter Jones’ fast-and-loose approach to the figures for jobs that will allegedly be generated by the Road.
Special Report: Underground with Hastings to Bexhill road protesters, Argus, 10 January 2013
Centre spread from today’s (10 Jan) Brighton Argus
Back to work on the BHLR, Hastings Online Times, 9 January 2013
Protesters halt new £94m Bexhill to Hastings link road, Argus, 9 January 2013
Battle of Hastings continues into 2013, LocalGov.co.uk, 9 January 2013
Protestors attempt to block Bexhill Hasting link road, New Civil Engineer, 9 January 2013
Picture Gallery: Link Road Protesters, Hastings Observer, 9 January 2013
Bexhill to Hastings link road: Three protesters charged, BBC, 9 January 2013
Protesters halt work on £100m Hochtief/Vinci link road, Construction Enquirer, 9 January 2013
Protestor up telegraph pole closes road, Hastings Observer, 9 January 2013 [Note: The claims about the arrestees employment status appear to originate with the police. In our experience the police label anyone who refuses to disclose their employment status to the police - which the latter have no right to demand - as "unemployed". Likewise, the police appear to have closed the road to cause disruption which they could then blame on protesters, as the pole was reportedly well away from the road.]
Link Road Work Resumes, Hastings Observer, 8 January
Bexhill Street Blues, SchNews, 7 January 2013
Road protesters go below ground in the ‘second battle of Hastings’, Guardian, 7 January 2013
Has Council increased Link Road spend?, Rye & Battle Observer, 5 January 2013
The battle for Combe Haven The Ecologist, 4 January 2013
Roadworks ahead, Red Pepper, December 2012
150 people at protest camp against Link Road, Hastings Observer, 30 September 2012
Protesters go on the march over Link Road, Hastings Observer, 29 September 2012
Anti-Link Road campaigners keen to show Combe Haven beauty. Hastings Observer, 19 September 2012
Protest against new Link Road to be held, Hastings Observer, 31 August 2012
