Tony Robinson joins Rescue in the campaign to stop ploughing at Verulamium On Tuesday 16th July Tony Robinson of Channel 4′s Time Team visited Verulamium at the invitation of Harvey Sheldon, chair of Rescue. An article appeared in the Times that morning about the history of the Roman town, the destruction effects of the ploughing and the strong probability that this destruction will begin again shortly unless the Government takes decisive action. The press were invited to join Harvey and…

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RESCUE is concerned by the looting and destruction of some of Iraq’s artifacts and monuments as a consequence of the unrule following the current war. The Chair of RESCUE has written to both the United States President and the British Prime Minister expressing our concern. A sample letter is reproduced below. Customs and auction houses ar on the alert to try and spot likely looted material from Iraq, though much is likely to be sold privately. Some of the missing…

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As many members of RESCUE will be aware, considerable controversy was sparked in the autumn of 2002 when the British Government, in the form of the Ministry of Defence Disposal Services Agency signed a contract with an American salvage company, Odyssey Marine Exploration Inc. of Florida, to recover bullion from the wreck of 17th century warship, HMS Sussex. The Sussex was lost in 1694 while on her way to deliver the bullion to the Duke of Savoy who was supporting…

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A High Court judicial review decision has brought disappointment to the many Windsor people who have over the past 18 months backed their local council’s staunch campaign to save 24/7 local fire-service cover for the town in the face of the County of Berkshire fire authority’s proposed closure of Windsor Fire Station, from 8.00pm to 8.00am each night. The Royal Borough [of Windsor] had sought a judicial review on the grounds that the consultation with the local community was flawed,…

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