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Martin Wainwright Wednesday April 6, 2005 The Guardian http://society.guardian.co.uk/crimeandpunishment/story/0,8150,1453090,00.html An overhaul of the way Nottinghamshire police deals with serious offences begins next week after its chief constable claimed that government budgets had left his officers “reeling” in the face of … Continue reading →

2:00pm May 1ST 2005 PARLIAMENT SQUARE Mr Blair is calling an election, but what choice do we have? The percentage of people voting falls each year as the main parties become ever more similar in their bid to woo middle … Continue reading →

In Nottingham, there was a noisy demo at Market Square at noon, Saturday 2 April Pictures at: http://tashcamuk.fotopages.com/?entry=399281 and on Indymedia at: http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/04/308207.html Several hundred turned out on this bright sunny afternoon. We stand against racism and fortress Europe and … Continue reading →

Zoe Williams Tuesday March 29, 2005 The Guardian http://society.guardian.co.uk/drugsandalcohol/comment/0,8146,1447147,00.html Some statistics don’t do anybody any favours, and here’s one of them. Since it was reclassified from class B to class C at the beginning of last year, cannabis has lost … Continue reading →

NNRF is an independent, voluntary organisation set up to help and support asylum seekers and refugees in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire. In support of the European Social Forum Day of Action against racism and in defence of asylum seekers and migrants … Continue reading →

Earlier on Indymedia at: http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/01/304467.html During Mayday 2001, police trapped protestors in Oxford Circus for 7 hours without access toilets, food or water. Nearly four years later, the High Court has rejected compensation claims by Lois Austin and Geoffrey Saxby … Continue reading →

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4374853.stm Pair lose protest damages claim Two people have lost a High Court damages claim against the Metropolitan Police after being detained for several hours during May Day protests in central London in 2001. Geoffrey Saxby, from Hastings, East Sussex, … Continue reading →

In advance of the main G8 meeting at Gleneagles, there are a number of mini-meetings. This one was for Environment & development ministers meeting at Breadsall Priory Hotel, a few miles north of Derby. However, demonstrations, outside of a market … Continue reading →

Andy Worthington I’m sure the impending 20th anniversary of the Battle of the Beanfield hasn’t slipped anyone’s memory – and if it’s something you don’t know about, the basic story is that on 1st June 1985, a convoy of vehicles … Continue reading →

From pro-hunt rallies to fuel blockades, media-backed direct action campaigns have repeatedly captured the political agenda in the Blair years Kirsty Milne Tuesday March 15, 2005 The Guardian http://media.guardian.co.uk/marketingandpr/story/0,7494,1438081,00.html The budget is ready, the parties are poised. Everyone is braced … Continue reading →

http://www.m12.org.uk Shakedown ‘05 aims to raise awareness of some global issues. Shakedown ‘05 will bring together the diversity of Nottingham’s cultural life (live bands, DJs, visual artists, performance artists) at this very big one-off non-profit DIY all-night event that tries … Continue reading →

David Adam, science correspondent Thursday February 17, 2005 The Guardian http://society.guardian.co.uk/drugsandalcohol/story/0,8150,1416150,00.html American soldiers traumatised by fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan are to be offered the drug ecstasy to help free them of flashbacks and recurring nightmares. The US food and … Continue reading →

Some of you might have already heard about it, others will have already signed up as a volunteer, while most of you will be wondering what all the fuss is about… ’Shakedown ‘05′ will bring together the diversity of Nottingham’s … Continue reading →

Tories and our beloved Sun newspaper (and now The Daily Nazi Rag, sorry Mail – Ed) reacted angrily to Labour’s recent about-turn on the Traveller Site issue. Finally conceding their right to have space to live, the Government have authorised … Continue reading →

Patrick Barkham Thursday March 10, 2005 The Guardian http://media.guardian.co.uk/presspublishing/story/0,7495,1434087,00.html Gypsy groups reported the Sun to the police and the Press Complaints Commission yesterday, claiming that its new campaign against Traveller camps was an incitement to racial hatred. Their leaders made … Continue reading →

Setting out from Mill Cottages, Edale. up Ollerbrook Clough SK128865 up to the top of Kinder Scout at Ringing Roger. Along the tops, heading west to the top of Grindsbrook Clough. Round the ‘mushroom stone’ SK106873 to Grindslow Knoll SK110868. … Continue reading →

http://www.thecannabisfestival.co.uk The Brixton Cannabis Coalition regrets the decision supported by the Lambeth Executive to ignore the agreed public events policy and try to ban the Cannabis March and Festival on Saturday 7th May because of cannabis dealers at last years … Continue reading →

Major Nottingham fundraiser for campaign against the G8 Summit (which will be in Scotland from July 6th-8th). The 12th of March is the date for a very large Dissent! fundraising event to take place in Nottingham. The event, which will … Continue reading →

Led by a wagon and horse and Romani musicians, Travellers will march through central London on Saturday, 9 April, calling for an end to evictions. PLEASE JOIN US by coming to St James’s Church, Piccadilly, at 12 noon for the … Continue reading →

Global blogger action day called By Jo Twist BBC News science and technology reporter http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4278241.stm The global web blog community is being called into action to lend support to two imprisoned Iranian bloggers. The month-old Committee to Protect Bloggers’ is … Continue reading →