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David Whiteley investigates how the Dale Farm travellers site began and meets the man who fought successfully to win the first planning permissions on the green belt land. The clearance of the site was due to start in the middle of September, but legal arguments have delayed the bailiffs actions and cost the council an extra 400,000 pounds. Is the cost justified and will the clearance achieve what the council and the nearby villagers hope?

The government is demanding councils step up their recycling rates to cut down on dumping rubbish in the ground, yet two councils in the region are opting for incineration. Both Suffolk and Norfolk see burning our rubbish as a better option because it is seen to be cost-effective. Nick Conrad examines plans for the incinerator in Norfolk and asks whether the pressure to generate enough rubbish to burn will mean that recycling could be stalled.

East Anglia has one of the most beautiful and dramatic coastlines in the country. But it's also a coast under threat. With climate change, sea level rises may mean vast losses of land, including one of our most important wildlife habitats: salt marsh. But could this precious environment also be under attack from another foe? Richard Daniel discovers another threat to our precious shoreline.