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This is the first published
Electronic Newspaper for
Shoreham-by-Sea and District,
West Sussex, England
Local News
The WSCC contact for news of the Toll Bridge is David Marshall.
Ian Elliott (WSCC Councillor) has proposed starting a group called "Friends of the Toll Bridge".
The temporary fencing, although unsightly, obstructive (prevents cyclists from passing and only just wide enough for horses), has proved remarkably resistant to wind damage as the gales howl up the River Adur.Please send any comments to:
Andy Horton Glaucus@hotmail.com
29
March 2000
A
warm but damp March is ended by north-east winds, showers, and near freezing
temperatures at night.
March
2000
Tamarisk on Lancing
Green has been chopped down. I do not understand why. The old trees have
been left on site.
27
March 2000
Hundreds
of Black-headed Gulls on the mudflats each side of the Toll
Bridge, but there are no sign of the flocks of Lapwings on the
airfield or the Adur.
23
March 2000
Upper
Beeding Parish Councillors have complained that wildlife (wading birds)
have been driven away by the draining of the Upper Beeding Brooks,
to prevent flooding, by the Environmental Agency.
March
2000
Jays
have visited Windlesham Gardens (a road) on several occasions during February
and March. A Grey Heron visited a large pond in a large town garden
just off the town centre, and Herring Gulls look like making a nest
on the rooftops.
Report by Alan
Issued by English Nature Press Office.
Increasing protection for our wildlife gems.
The second reading of the
Countryside
and Rights of Way Bill took place in
the House of Commons on
March 20th. English Nature welcomes the new bill and is particularly pleased
with the proposed provisions for Sites of Special
Scientific Interest (SSSIs)
which will lead to their better protection and
management. Amongst the
proposed powers in the new bill is one to tackle the problem of third party
damage to SSSIs. Owners and land managers of SSSIs around the country are
often faced with the problem of third parties damaging the wildlife on
their sites. Incidents include off-road motor cycling, arson,
abandonment of vehicles
and fly tipping. These new powers would mean that
any third party found damaging
any SSSI would be committing an offence under
the law and liable to prosecution.
Currently, English Nature has to apply
for a Nature Conservation
Order under Section 29 of the Wildlife &
Countryside Act for the
SSSI before action can be taken against third
parties who damage SSSIs.
Off-road motorcycling has damaged large areas of several SSSIs over recent
months including two important heathlands - Broadmoor to Bagshot Woods
and Heaths in east Berkshire and Kings and Bakers Woods and Heaths in Bedfordshire.
Parts of these two sites which should be brimming with purple heather,
woodlarks, nightjars, moths and reptiles have been reduced to a lunar landscape
of bare earth and mud by continuous motorcycle scrambling.
Notes for editors:
1. Sites
of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) are the best wildlife and
geological sites in England,
selected by English Nature and protected by law
(currently the Wildlife
& Countryside Act 1981). SSSIs are geographically
spread throughout the country,
and cover about 7% of England (approx. 1
million hectares). They
are there to protect the most important and
threatened parts of our
natural heritage.
2. There
are 4,081 SSSIs in England, which are owned and managed by
32,772 people or organisations,
the majority of whom English Nature works
closely with to secure effective
land management for wildlife. As some
people have an interest
in more than one site this means that the 4,081
SSSIs have 25,237 different
owners and occupiers. (Figures: December 1999).
4. For
further information about English Nature, visit our website
http://www.english-nature.org.uk
5. Copies
of the new Countryside and Rights of Way Bill can be accessed
via the internet on http://www.parliament.uk
For further information:
* English
Nature's Press Office 01733 455190
* Out
of office hours 07970 098005
* Fax:
01733 455188
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Email enquiries@english-nature.org.uk
COUNTRYSIDE BILL PASSES SECOND
READING
On Monday 20th March the
Countryside Bill received its second reading in
the House of Commons.
Standing committees are made
up of MPs with representation from each
party proportional to party
representation in the House of Commons.
Members of the Countryside Bill Committee, announced yesterday, are:
CANDY ATHERTON, Falmouth
and Cambourne, Labour
DAVID BORROW, South Ribble,
Labour
HELEN BRINTON, Peterborough,
Labour
GEOFFREY CLIFTON-BROWN,
Cotswold, Conservative
HUW EDWARDS, Monmouth, Labour
JAMES GRAY, Wiltshire N,
Conservative
DAMIAN GREEN, Ashford, Conservative
DAVID HEATH, Somerset and
Frome, Liberal Democrat
KEVIN HUGHES, Doncaster,
Labour (Government Whip)
DAVID KIDNEY, Stafford,
Labour
DAVID LEPPER, Brighton Pavillion,
Labour
ELFYN LLWYD, Meirionnydd,
Plaid Cymru
CHRIS MCCAFFERTY, Calder
Valley, Labour
ANNE MCINTOSH, York, Labour
MICHAEL MEACHER, Oldham
West and Royton, Labour
CHRIS MULLIN, Sunderland
South, Labour
DENIS MURPHY, Wansbeck,
Labour
JAMES PAICE, Cambs SE, Conservative
GORDON PRENTICE, Pendle,
Labour
TERRY ROONEY, Bradford,
Labour
NICHOLAS SOAMES, Sussex
Mid, Conservative
GARETH THOMAS, Clwyd West,
Labour
MARK TODD, Derbyshire S,
Labour
Friends of the Earth report (edited)
http://www.foe.co.uk/wildplaces/news.html
Find
the Sites of Special Scientific Interest using this link:
Friends
of the Earth SSSI Navigator
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Computer Tips
The May 2000 issue of Computer Shopper is worth £2.99 for the Cover Disc (CD-ROM) programs containing Greenstreet Draw 3 which I have found the best of the budget drawing packages for scale monochrome plans. It is still not ideal though. There is also a program called Webcompiler for making a web site into an executable program, which may prove useful to me (I have not tried it yet). The disc contains Internet Explorer 5, Acrobat Reader 4, and other utilities. The program called Membership Tracker is a limited edition and does not look worth loading on to my hard disc.Sussex Web Sites
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Spirit of Pashley
- Click on the Tiger
Moth for Bev Pook's excellent web site.
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- 11 April 2000
- Adur Quality of Life Forum
- Lancing Parish Hall
- 7.00 - 9.00 pm
- Adur District Council
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- Adur Quality of Life Forum
- Speakers:
- Phil Sivell "Climate Change Impact on the Sussex Coast"
- Debbie Jones "Safer Routes to Schools"
- The speakers are followed by a Question & Answer Forum with environmental experts on hand to answer questions.
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- Brief History of Shoreham-by-Sea
Events
Contact:
Natalie Brahma-Pearl
Tel: 01273 263347
Please send in any details of local events.
Historical Snippets
Brighton & Hove has applied for City status because the Councillors think that their towns (Hove has always been more of an adjunct to Brighton) are important places, and together with other applicants like Wolverhampton and Swindon, want their status upgraded in the footsteps of Sunderland that was made a city recently.This is not a particularly new idea. In the 13th century, the important towns wanted to be made into Boroughs so they could collect taxes and be represented by two Members of Parliament.
In 1295 Shoreham was made a Borough.
In
1295: Richard de Beauchamp and Thomas Pontoyse are the first Members
of Parliament (until 1885) for New Schoreham.
In
1296, 90 taxpayers resided in the Shoreham.
1703 A great storm shattered the town of Shoreham. This major storm of 26 November caused destruction on the English Channel coast of England killing over 8000 people.
1724 In just over 100 years the longshore drift had deflected the harbour entrance 3 miles to the east of New Shoreham.
1787 (George, the Prince Regent commissioned the Pavilion in the village of Brighthelmstone, thus assuring the emergence of nearby Brighton as a premier tourist resort. He was crowned as King George IV in 1820 and visited Brighton until 1827. From 1796 to 1815 England was at war with Napoleon and troops were stationed at Brighton. Sea bathing became important for Brighton as a tourist resort from about 1736. 1754, Richard Russell, the author of a treatise on the health benefits of seawater, settled in Brighton to put his theories into practice, initiating the vogue of sea bathing. In 1783, George, the Prince Regent first visited Brighton.)
1885 By the
Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Shoreham ceased to be represented by
Members of Parliament, after 590 years, since 1295.
Games & Leisure
The May 2000 issue of Computer Shopper contains a few games if you have time to spare. I have not tried any of them.Please send in any details of recommended games and web sites.
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