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Yahoo
01-08-2025
- Yahoo
Edinburgh community share airport 'birdstrike' fears over feckless fly tipping
An Edinburgh community has expressed their dismay after a 'travelling community' trashed a historical site with flytipped waste. Newbridge locals have been working alongside politicians and Edinburgh council to try to tackle the issue after a group decided to camp at Huly Hill Cairn which is a protected space. The standing stones in the area are believed to date back as far as 3,000 years which has led to the local authority fitting concrete blocks to try to stop the 'travellers' from returning. READ MORE: Edinburgh GP diagnosed with cancer after friend noticed he was sitting 'squint' on bike READ MORE: Speeding Edinburgh driver killed young father as he 'crossed road for a bus' It is understood 'travellers' visited the site twice during the month of July, with the last group departing on Saturday July 26. A Newbridge Resident Association member, who claimed human waste was also found at the site, shared their concerns over the issue of flytipping and even claimed seagulls were causing a nuisance to landing planes at Edinburgh Airport. 'The reason villagers were up in arms was because the travelling community decided to camp on a protected 3000 year old Historical Monument with standing stones,' he said. 'They dumped their household and garden waste from jobs in the area which was taking it too far. Join Edinburgh Live's Whatsapp Community here and get the latest news sent straight to your messages. 'We had a very well attended public meeting in the local bowling club and three local councillors and Christine Jardine were present and they all seemed to understand our concerns. We then had concerns about seagulls and rats congregating in the area looking for food waste left behind. 'We had to contact Edinburgh Airport as the seagulls were flying directly in the flight path of landing aircraft. They sent representatives along to the area and confirmed it was a concern. 'The council laid large concrete blocks on a hopefully temporary basis to the entrances to the monument in the hope we do not get further encampments.' Sign up for Edinburgh Live newsletters for more headlines straight to your inbox The local added that although the council had attended to clear the waste which was attracting seagulls, several flytipped items remained in the area. Transport and Environment Convener, Councillor Stephen Jenkinson said: 'We cleared any illegally dumped waste from the site that would attract seagulls immediately when we were alerted to this issue last week. 'We're currently in the process of clearing the rest of the waste and this will be completed as soon as possible.' Edinburgh Airport have been approached for comment.
BBC News
31-07-2025
- Politics
- BBC News
'Trans rights' graffiti at mausoleum will cost £2,000 to clean
The cost to repair an almost 300-year-old mausoleum which was graffitied with the words "trans rights" is expected to be more than £2, message was sprayed on the side of Dashwood Mausoleum near West Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, reports the Local Democracy Reporting Parker, the West Wycombe Estate land agent, said the Dashwood family would bear the cost of the cleaning and restoration work, which has yet to be said: "This site holds deep personal and historical significance not only to the estate, but to others with loved ones buried nearby. Many feel this as a personal violation of a sacred space." The mausoleum was built on the site of an iron age fort on West Wycombe Hill in 1765 to house the ashes of the Dashwood Parker said: "This mausoleum is not only a place of rest for the Dashwood family ancestors, but a part of our shared heritage and local community."While we support everyone's right to free expression and peaceful protest, damaging sacred and historic spaces cannot be justified under any circumstances."Independent member at Buckinghamshire Council, Orsolya Hayday, said she was saddened by the incident."Whilst I understand the important issue of minority rights, as everybody should have the same rights, but vandalising this family mausoleum in a popular beauty spot is definitely not the right way to go about it," she said."I wish they could have found another way to promote their cause without causing damage." Follow Beds, Herts and Bucks news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
CBS News
01-07-2025
- Business
- CBS News
Village of Dolton, Illinois poised to approve purchase of Pope Leo XIV's childhood home
What was once an average home in Chicago's south suburbs has now received national attention for being the childhood home of Pope Leo XIV. The Village of Dolton is now working to take control of the house at 212 E. 142nd Pl. The Dolton village attorney said there is an agreement by the village to purchase the property directly from the owner. The Dolton Village Board was to vote upon the agreement for final approval Tuesday night. On Tuesday ahead of the vote, contractors were out all day fixing the house's 30-year-old roof and replacing it with a new one. The new roof was donated by a roofing company in the area. Meanwhile, there continued to be a steady stream of visitors stopping by to pray. The village attorney said Dolton is planning to provide police protection at the house on a 24/7 basis, and to turn the entire block on which the house sits into a historical site. "I really would like to see the community have more jobs so people can have more income," said neighbor Donna Sanga David. "I think that's part of the problem in our community I s, you know, the poverty." The Village of Dolton plans to apply for both federal and Illinois state funding. There is already a plan to purchase other properties on 142nd Place. The village estimates it will close on the sale as early as next week. A dollar figure was agreed upon — and while the exact figure was not disclosed, the village and the seller met somewhere in between the original $200,000 list price and the $1 million-plus asking price. The Village of Dolton will vote on whether to make it official at its board meeting at 6:30 p.m.
Yahoo
29-06-2025
- Yahoo
Historic hidden ice house could be blocked up
A hidden Grade II listed brick-lined larder, buried deep in a Surrey hillside could be concreted up because it has become unsafe. The 18th Century subterranean ice house at the old Deepdene Estate in Dorking is just a 15-minute walk from the town's centre. The estate was once home to banker, author and art collector Thomas Hope, who transformed the grounds into a grand landscape with Italianate gardens, terraces, and grottoes. Sam Dawson, historian and author, said: "At the moment the ice house is empty and needs resealing because it is a bit of a danger." Mr Dawson said: "It was the ice house from the original mansion, later converted into a bit of a work of art by Thomas Hope. "The classical frontage has fallen off. It will probably be concreted up." The ice house has a vaulted ceiling and is 180 metres (200 yards) from the main house. The historian said: "Ice would be cut from a nearby pond in winter, wrapped in straw and sacking and put in this 19 foot-deep well in the ground to allow refrigeration. "It was a very cold place for servants to work, obviously. "Very little has changed since the day it was built." The ice house has an ornate brick frontage which has crumbled. Mr Dawson said: "There is something magical about going underground. "When you match the subterranean world with history, it is preserved in a way that would be lost if it was above ground." Deepdene House was demolished in 1969. But a project began in 2015 to restore the Deepdene Estate to its former glory. Visitors are able to follow a 7-mile (11km) trail around the estate with views of the Hope mausoleum. Mr Dawson said: "It was an incredibly lavish historical site lived in by some of the richest people in Britain at the time. "Two other estates were knocked down just to have more gardens for this one. "It was a magnificent estate." Follow BBC Surrey on Facebook, on X. Send your story ideas to southeasttoday@ or WhatsApp us on 08081 002250. Inside London's lost ice house Memories of 'lost' estate sought The Deepdene Trail
The Standard
12-06-2025
- The Standard
China's 240-hour transit visa-free policy extended to 55 countries, Xinhua reports
Tourists visit Jiayu Pass, a strategic point of the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty along the ancient "Silk Road", in Jiayuguan, Gansu province, China October 28, 2024. (Reuters)
