This Nov. 24, 2012 file photo shows French gendarmes detaining a protester during an evacuation operation on land that will become the new airport in Notre-Dame-des-Landes, western France.

This year's the Summer Gathering will be in the Hastings area near the Bexhill-Hastings Link Road campaign. It will run from the evening of Wednesday 7th August and finish on Sunday 11th August.

Between 35,000 and 50,000 people rallied in Washington, DC on Sunday, Feb 17th in the largest global warming protest in U.S. history. The primary demand: ditch the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline.

Decoy Camp eviction, 30-01-2013. Photo copyright Adrian Arbib http://www.arbib.org

Decoy Pond camp – the third of three camps that had been erected on the path of the planned Bexhill-Hastings Link Road (BHLR) – was finally evicted yesterday (Wednesday 30 Jan).

[Update, 10.43am: First arrest of the day reported as campaigner removed from tree.]

“Warbler,” a Little Lake Valley resident, is now perched in a tree along the future Willits bypass footprint to prevent CalTrans from cutting down trees.

PLEASE NOTE: We’re currently experiencing problems with our (outgoing) text messaging.

[Update, 5pm, Thursday 17 January: "Base camp" finally evicted this morning. "Decoy Pond" camp still unevicted and accessible.]

The eviction of the two remaining camps (“Base camp” and “Decoy Pond Wood” – see here and below for maps) has begun, and campaigners are resisting peacefully in treehouses and tun

Contractors moved in in force on Monday (14 January) to evict the “Three Oaks” camp near the railway line opp.

During the last weeks, at two different locations in Europe, trees have been squatted that would fall prey to the construction of motorways. On December 22nd, activists in Bexhill, England occupied trees against the construction of the Bexhill-Hastings Link Road and have erected an entire camp now.

Yesterday, people involved in the campaign to save Bilston Glen sent an update stating, “We have new information from the Midlothian Council and it would seem likely that the road is being redirected along a different route, one that does not go through Bilston Glen.

Battle of Hastings As predicted, Monday 7 January saw the chainsaws back in force on the Bexhill-Hastings Link Rd being built smack through the middle of tranquil Combe Haven.

[Please note: There is a replacement bus service for the train between Battle and Hastings all weekend (6 & 7 January), so check the times before you leave.]