Isro is building groynes and conducting beach nourishment to protect Sriharikota shoreline from erosion caused by climate change. A 3km stretch is at various stages of erosion, and 150m lost in 50 ...

Whitstable Harbour’s Fish Market and Crab and Winkle restaurant were gutted in a fire in May 2022 after flames spread into the building from a neighbouring cockle shed. Whitstable Harbour on one ...

Whitstable’s FA Vase fourth-round match this weekend has been postponed due to a frozen pitch. Player-manager Jamie Coyle is urging Whitstable’s travelling supporters to make their FA Vase tie ...

At around 11.25am on January 25, Southbourne Coastguard was called to reports of an unconscious person at Long Groyne, Hengistbury Head. A spokesperson for Southbourne Coastguard said ...

Ray Peace, 84, from Whitstable, joined the army in 1955 when he was 15 years old. He was twice stationed on Christmas Island, in the Pacific Ocean, near which nuclear weapons tests were carried out.

Officers were called to Lismore Road, Whitstable, at 03:20 GMT on Sunday. Patrols, including armed officers, attended and a man was arrested in connection with the incident. Kent Police said they ...

This evening and early tonight, the rain looks to intensify for a time, and sleet is possible on the highest ground. Later in the night, the rain will turn lighter and patchy. Tuesday Tomorrow ...

Artificial rockpools will be added to a newly reconstructed concrete groyne on an Isle of Wight beach. The project, which is set to start at the end of January, aims to provide habitats for marine ...

The Herd Groyne lighthouse in South Shields, which was damaged in a storm, has officially reopened after a £250,000 restoration. The South Tyneside landmark, which dates back to 1882, suffered ...

ISLA: I’ve read about these wooden posts, they’re called groynes. Groynes act as barriers to stop the sediment from moving along the shoreline. The sand or stones are trapped on the side of ...

At Whitstable, one of those who fits into the longstanding category is Lifeboat Operations Manager Mike Judge. However, from the 1st of February, Mike handed over the role of operations manager to ...

Options for preventing flooding include something called "fishtail rock groynes". An example of these can be seen on Google Maps, satellite view, at Hopton on Sea, in Norfolk. I believe that these ...