15 September 2023: UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee (WHC), meeting in Riyadh since 10th September, has stuck to its guns and sent a strong message to the UK Government about its concern for Stonehenge World Heritage Site (WHS). It remains firmly opposed to the dualling of the A303 through Stonehenge WHS which will cause permanent … Continue reading →
A Stonehenge Alliance delegation caught an early Eurostar to Paris to make UNESCO aware of the global opposition to the Government’s damaging road building plans through the Stonehenge World Heritage Site. Alliance Chairman, John Adams and Chris Todd, Director of Transport Action Network and committee member, met senior members of … Continue reading →
Donors gave so generously to the first appeal in 2021, raising roughly £80,000 to mount the successful court action against a government with abundant legal resources, could supporters rise to a SECOND challenge two years on? Would they be as generous this time, during a cost of living crisis? With a fresh environmental drama reported almost … Continue reading →
Save Stonehenge World Heritage Site (SSWHS) [1] has taken the first steps towards a legal challenge of the Government’s approval of the A303 Stonehenge dual carriageway through the World Heritage Site on 14 July, for a second time [2]. Today, SSWHS is sending the Government a pre-application protocol letter outlining … Continue reading →
The CCC’s Report 2023 Briefing journalists at the Glastonbury Festival (Friday 23 June) ahead of publication of the Climate Change Committee’s annual progress report, outgoing chair, Lord Debden, was unequivocal. ‘The government should halt all new roads unless there are exceptional circumstances,’ he told the Guardian. ‘New roads inevitably increased … Continue reading →
