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BBC News
26-05-2025
- Climate
- BBC News
Leas Coastal Park work to be carried out to prevent landslides
Work to prevent landslides from the cliffs above the Leas in Folkestone, Kent, will begin in the and Hythe District Council said it will carry reduce the height of some of the trees at the site, along with installing mesh, netting and a new follows a landslide at the Vinery in February 2024, after a period of heavy authority has yet to appoint a contractor, but hopes the work will start in October and finished by the end of 2025. The work will be carried out ahead of a refurbishment of the Lower Leas Coastal Park play 21 May councillors agreed to spend £750,000 on new equipment for the play area. Connor McConville, cabinet member for assets, said: "If we want to deliver a new first class play area in time for next summer, it is essential we move at pace with the cliff stabilisation work."The equipment in the fun park will be removed while the work is being carried out.
BBC News
22-05-2025
- Climate
- BBC News
Sandgate Beach sewage leak prompts warning against swimming
Swimmers are being urged to avoid using a beach in Kent due to "pollution from sewage".The alert at Sandgate Beach, near Folkestone, is expected to last until 24 May, according to the Environment Agency (EA).Sandgate and West Folkestone ward councillor Tim Prater said a drain near The Sandgate Hotel "seems to be discharging sewage onto the beach".But Southern Water said a damaged sewer pipe caused the spill, and the discharge had "not affected bathing water quality." "The discharge from the surface water outfall has not entered the sea," it water company added that the incident was reported on Wednesday and it immediately sent teams to the has since "introduced a series of measures to protect the local environment, including tankers to control flows through the area". Councillor Prater says the anti-swimming advisory could be lifted sooner than and Hythe District Council confirmed the EA and Southern Water were "working to fix" the sewage leak and that signage was being installed at the EA's most recent water quality classification for Sandgate was "excellent", based on samples it took between 2021 and 2024.
