MEDIA COVERAGE
Evening standard
Actress Joanna Lumley has hailed a “victory for common sense” in the approach to clearing undetonated explosives from the sea…
Daily Mail
Environment Secretary George Eustice has agreed to back the Absolutely Fabulous star’s fight to stop sea blasts, which deafen dolphins…
ITV News
Actress Joanna Lumley has hailed a “victory for common sense” after the government signalled its preference for undetonated explosives found in the sea to be cleared using quieter methods…
The Press and Journal
A policy paper published on November 16 backed the use of ‘lower noise alternatives’….
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Daily Express
JOANNA LUMLEY has applauded the government's decision to signal its aim for undetonated explosives found in the sea to be cleared using quieter, less invasive methods.
BBC Newscast
The Telegraph
Star hails 'victory for common sense' as Government moves to protect marine species when wartime explosives are being cleared…
The Independent, Ireland
Actress and campaigner Joanna Lumley has said she is “disappointed” by the Government’s lack of progress in dealing with old wartime explosives at sea, almost a decade on from the death of 19 whales…
Evening Standard
The Royal Navy were accused of discharging explosives that make dolphins and whales go deaf…
The Times
The Royal Navy has been accused of detonating explosives that make dolphins and whales go deaf despite having access to more environmentally friendly methods…
The Independent
Campaigners have accused the Royal Navy of continuing to damage the hearing of whales and dolphins when blowing up Second World War bombs undersea, despite having bought technology which could dispose of unexploded munitions more safely…
Daily Star
Dolphins, porpoises, and whales can all be deafened by a bomb going off at sea if they are within 30km of the blast, seriously affecting their survival, scientists say…
Defra, UK Government
Environment Secretary George Eustice met with Joanna Lumley and the Stop Sea Blasts campaign to discuss the impact of unexploded ordnance disposal on the marine environment…
The Telegraph
The Absolutely Fabulous star wants companies to stop detonating unexploded wartime bombs they find on the sea bed around Britain’s coast when they are building wind farms, because of the damage it causes to marine life…
The Express
Fans have rallied around Absolutely Fabulous star Joanna Lumley, after she launched a campaign to “stop the needless harming of marine life”…
The Express
Joanna joined ITV stars Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid to talk about the Stop Sea Blasts campaign, informing Good Morning Britain viewers how the detonation of World War bombs in the ocean is causing harm to the life living in the waters…
The Guardian
Joanna Lumley has urged Boris Johnson to stop the “needless” detonation of wartime bombs at sea because it can cause deafness and even death in vulnerable whales and dolphins…
The Telegraph
Wind farms are putting whales and dolphins at risk by blowing up WWII bombs to make way for turbines, warns a new campaign led by Joanna Lumley....
ITV News
Actress Joanna Lumley is calling for Second World War bombs found in British waters to be burned out rather than detonated for the sake of whales and dolphins…
BBC Newsround
Unexploded bombs from World War Two found in British seas could seriously harm whales and dolphins if they are blown up, according to campaigners…
Belfast Telegraph
Actress Joanna Lumley is calling for Second World War bombs found in British waters to be burned out rather than detonated for the sake of whales and dolphins…
The Irish News
Actress Joanna Lumley is calling for Second World War bombs found in British waters to be burned out rather than detonated for the sake of whales and dolphins…
The Express
The Absolutely Fabulous star, 74, is fronting the Stop Sea Blasts campaign, urging developers to use less impactful ways to clear unexploded bombs and mines..
The Times
First Joanna Lumley took on the government to protect the rights of Gurkhas. Now she is facing up to wind farm companies — and the Luftwaffe of 80 years ago — to defend dolphins…
The Guardian
The detonation of wartime bombs left on the seafloor around the UK must end to stop the deaths of whales and dolphins, campaigners say…
Daily Mail
Actress Joanna Lumley has called on wind farm developers to stop blowing up unexploded WWII bombs in the seas around Britain because she says it deafens whales and dolphins…
STV
The film star and activist has teamed up with marine conservation charities to call for a change in how unexploded war munitions found during the construction of wind farms are disposed of..
Forces.Net
Joanna Lumley is calling for Second World War ordnance found in British waters to be disposed of in a different way, in order to protect sea life…
The Herald
Nine years ago, 39 long-finned pilot whales entered the bay at the Kyle of Durness during high tide and became stranded. A total of 19 of the creatures eventually died, and a Government report that followed…