{"id":356225,"date":"2025-08-19T07:24:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T07:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/356225\/"},"modified":"2025-08-19T07:24:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T07:24:13","slug":"fly-tippers-blight-manx-beauty-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/356225\/","title":{"rendered":"Fly-tippers blight Manx beauty spot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"aiir-c-news-extra__timestamp\">\n                    Tuesday, 19 August 2025 06:32\n                <\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aiir-c-news-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/218058-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"aiir-c-news-article__abstract\">\n            Discarded items scattered across Marine Drive cliffside\n        <\/p>\n<p>Piles of discarded rubbish have been seen littering the cliffside at one of the Island&#8217;s popular beauty spots.<\/p>\n<p>A recurring issue along Marine Drive, in recent days Manx Radio has seen dozens of fly-tipped items including a fridge, construction refuse and bin-bags.<\/p>\n<p>The east coast route linking Douglas and Port Soderick is something of a wildlife haven, home to all manner of species such as peregrine falcons.<\/p>\n<p>Bill Dale from the Manx charity Beach Buddies says it appears that there&#8217;s nothing that will stop people committing these offences:<\/p>\n<p>  \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In 2021 Marine Drive was designated as\u00a0an Area of Special\u00a0Scientific Interest, meaning it&#8217;s home to\u00a0special fauna, flora, or geological or physiographical features in the context of the Isle of Man.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.manxradio.com\/news\/isle-of-man-news\/marine-drive-designated-area-of-special-scientific-interest\/\" title=\"https:\/\/www.manxradio.com\/news\/isle-of-man-news\/marine-drive-designated-area-of-special-scientific-interest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Visitors along the stretch of road told Manx Radio they&#8217;d like to see more action taken against those who abandon their rubbish in the area.<\/p>\n<p>Manx Radio has approached the Isle of Man Constabulary, the Department of Infrastructure, and Braddan Commissioners for comment.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tuesday, 19 August 2025 06:32 Discarded items scattered across Marine Drive cliffside Piles of discarded rubbish have been&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":356226,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3843],"tags":[77,728,9458,7910,28157,42452,269,12,6226,70,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-356225","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-environment","10":"tag-fun","11":"tag-isle-of-man","12":"tag-manx","13":"tag-manx-news","14":"tag-music","15":"tag-news","16":"tag-presenters","17":"tag-science","18":"tag-uk","19":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115054239256448670","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=356225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356225\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/356226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=356225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=356225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}