Why do these make the news when they're in a field? Did they stupidly promise it wouldn't have any impact anywhere?
They just need a few tipper trucks of chalk to fill them back up. If they appear under someone's house then maybe local newsworthy, but a dip in a field??? If you excavate millions of tonnes of chalk there's bound to be the odd flash/dip topside especially in chalk which can do that naturally anyway, to a lesser extent.
Genuinely puzzled why these make the news. I find it interesting because I'm an underground nerd, but "normal" people this is no relevance