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As Nottinghamshire Indymedia, we have made a short film about the G8 meeting in Sheffield. More work will have been done in Scotland recently. Thus it is very interesting to us that ….. Channel Four have just announced: “FourDocs will … Continue reading →

Tash’s Pictures These are a sample of my ‘stills’, taken at events on the Saturday 11th June that I’m contributing to the Sheffield G8 Film. Nottinghamshire Dev site links: Sheffield ‘Stop the War’ March [anti-G8] :: The Pictures http://dev2.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2005/06/699.html Sheffield … Continue reading →

A campaign encouraging people to store personal details on their mobile phones to help identify victims of accidents and disasters has taken off since the bomb attacks in London. Users are being urged to enter a number in their phone’s … Continue reading →

Luckily, it was another false alarm. But, this is now a feature of life in Britain, with everyone on such a ‘short fuse’ after the London Attacks. To see the military on our streets is still quite a shock to … Continue reading →

The Metropolitan Police Casualty Bureau is open and operating on 0870 1566344 Latest news on London critical incident Due to exceptionally high volumes of traffic, the Metropolitan Police website is currently displaying essential information only. http://www.met.police.uk The Metropolitan Police Casualty … Continue reading →

The police have now set up a casualty bureau number on 0870 1566344. ********* This is the link to the London Bomb Press Conf at 15.30 on thursday 7th July http://indymedia.org.uk/media/2005/07/317146.mp3 ********* Metropolitan Police Press statement :: Latest news on … Continue reading →

PRESS RELEASE Bristol Indymedia Server Seized Contact: Ana – Bristol Indymedia Volunteer / 07976 787335 Email: bristolindymedia@… http://www.bristol.indymedia.org On Monday 27th June the police raided a residential property in Bristol and seized an Indymedia server and other computer equipment. They … Continue reading →

Pictures on my Fotoblog at: Friday Day 1 http://tashcamuk.fotopages.com/?entry=486822 Saturday Day 2 http://tashcamuk.fotopages.com/?entry=488429 Euro Cup 1st – 3rd July 2005 Competitors from over 20 nations will battle it out for whitewater supremacy on our purpose built wave. 45 second rides … Continue reading →

The Independent By Arifa Akbar It was a gloriously sunny Saturday afternoon in June 1985 when a convoy of children, peace activists and travellers made their way to an annual free festival on land beside the ancient ruins at Stonehenge. … Continue reading →

Tony Thompson, crime correspondent Sunday June 12, 2005 The Observer http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,1504681,00.html It looked just like a carnival – at first. The weather was sunny and music played as the 140 vehicles set off towards Stonehenge. The 600 or so Travellers … Continue reading →

These are a sample of my ‘stills’, taken at events on the Saturday 11th June that I’m contributing to the Sheffield G8 Film. Sheffield ‘Stop the War’ March [anti-G8] :: The Pictures http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/06/313288.html Sheffield Peace in the Park [anti-G8] :: … Continue reading →

They save you visiting lots of websites, to see if anythings changed yet. Very useful for Indymedia Newswire and the like. BBC Advice page: RSS Feed (Really Simple Syndication) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/help/rss/3223484.stm The really simple future of the web http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3503509.stm Here is … Continue reading →

NEWS RELEASE FROM SOUTH YORKSHIRE POLICE Date: 7/6/2005 G8 Policing Plans Inc reference: Sheffield is hosting the UK Presidency G8 Justice & Home Affairs Ministerial Meeting from 15-17th June, involving ministers from the eight G8 nations (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, … Continue reading →

Press Release 06/06/2005 http://www.wiltshire.police.uk/news/newsview.asp?id=715 Wiltshire Police are encouraged by the success of the operation to prevent raves being set up in the county, particularly in Savernake Forest, and intend to continue gathering intelligence to identify other likely targets throughout the … Continue reading →

and about time too check out BBC2 tonight at 10pm http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/storyville/mclibel.shtml Two contemporary issues that frustrate liberals are the prevalence of fast-food outlets and the continuing outrage of the British libel laws, which stack the odds in favour of the … Continue reading →

This item had earlier appeared in “Nottingham Alternative News” http://www.veggies.org.uk/AlternativeNews LETTER: You are being ripped off (if you catch a bus) Phil Shelton I have always had an issue with Nottingham City Transport not giving change on their buses, as … Continue reading →

Independent :: 01 June 2005 Forget leaving fingerprints at the scene of the crime. Today’s police know that the hard evidence they find on your hard drive can put you behind bars, says Jimmy Lee Shreeve http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_technology/story.jsp?story=643152 Computer forensic analysts … Continue reading →

SchNews 500 http://www.schnews.org.uk/archive/news500.htm#four June 1st was the 20th anniversary of the Battle of the Beanfield, a notoriously brutal one-sided confrontation between 450 unarmed travellers – including many women and children – and a quasi-military police force of over 1,300 police … Continue reading →

http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/wiltshire/marlborough/news/MARLB_NEWS_LOCAL0.html THERE were some tense moments when police had a face-to-face confrontation with a group of travellers who settled in Savernake Forest on Tuesday evening. All weekend extra officers had been on duty manning access points to the forest after … Continue reading →

– a bit of rhetoric from Judge Maclaren Webster, when he overturned the convictions of Richard and Margaret by Salisbury Magistrates for being at the 10th anniversary demo at the stones on June 1st 1995. (They were then re-convicted by … Continue reading →