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http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/68/32783.html A pair of British companies today teamed up to market a technology that allows camera phones or digital cameras to be disabled in a localised environment. Iceberg Systems, a developer of Internet and mobile systems, claims its Safe Haven … Continue reading →

A British firm is beta-testing new technology that jams the use of digital cameras in designated ‘wireless privacy zones’. The transmitter technology, developed by Iceberg Systems, is being promoted as a sophisticated alternative to the banning of digital cameras and … Continue reading →

An anti-capitalist Briton awaiting trial says Greek police planted Molotov cocktails and other weapons on him. Perhaps uniquely, there is video footage of the arrest which supports his case. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3136382.stm Yet another solid example of the use of video and … Continue reading →

Following the protests against the Defence Systems and Equipment international arms fair that took place in East London 147 people have been arrested. A number have been released without charge and others cautioned, but many face prosecution for offences including … Continue reading →

Almeria/Spain (October 2003) – St. Louis/Senegal (March 2004) http://www.memenet.de/tour_eng.html Boundaries-to Bridges-Tour 2003/2004 The Caravan is aiming for co-operations with different groups from all countries that it will be moving through. The Caravan will function as a sound system, a circus, … Continue reading →

http://www.fagb.co.uk The Fairground Association of Great Britain was founded in 1978, and is now the UK’s leading club for fairground enthusiasts, with members as far a field as Australia and North America. The main objectives of the Association are to … Continue reading →

Forest Recreation Ground, Nottingham 709th .. .. .. Been going a while eh …… I visited the fair several times [ well, it’s at the bottom of my street ] from the openeing by the Lord Mayor and Sheriff of … Continue reading →

 Kirsty Scott Saturday October 4, 2003 The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1055660,00.html The naked rambler was last night back behind bars only hours after being freed from a month in a Scottish prison. Stephen Gough, 44, was arrested and charged with committing another … Continue reading →

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3158958.stm “Civil rights campaigners have launched a legal challenge against the police and Home Secretary David Blunkett over the alleged misuse of anti-terror laws. Pressure group Liberty is backing a protester and a freelance journalist who were stopped and searched … Continue reading →

I visited a ‘Protest Camp’ at Mansfield Woodhouse at the edge of Sherwood Forest this afternoon. Developers have an intention to fell a 300 year old beech tree and surrounding woodland, because it’s ‘in the way’ of proposed development. A … Continue reading →

if only this was true …..

If like me, you wake up every morning and check to see what delights the postman has left, and are then heartbroken to discover that all you got was a shitty Capital One offer, something from Egg and some Nectar … Continue reading →

Prof Laurie Taylor, Thinking Allowed BBC Radio 4 Laurie Taylor dives into an intoxicating past when he meets two historians who’ve been delving into the whys and wherefores of early anti-drug policies. Jessica Warner has written about the moral panic … Continue reading →

Liberty’s high court legal challenge of police searches at DSEI will take place on 2 October, 2003. Were you searched in London by police using Section 44 powers (Anti-terror search powers) during/before the week of September 6th-12 “DSEI week”? Liberty … Continue reading →

http://www.guardian.co.uk/guardianpolitics/story/0,3605,1046964,00.html Home secretary presses cabinet sceptics to agree to include paving legislation for introduction of national scheme in Queen’s speech Alan Travis Home affairs editor The Guardian. Monday September 22, 2003 The home secretary, David Blunkett, said yesterday that he … Continue reading →

Legal Action Group is running a one-day course, Recent Developments in Traveller Law, which highlights developments in the law affecting Travelling People. It is designed for legal aid practitioners, Travelleradvice and liaison workers and voluntary sector workers with a basic … Continue reading →

Interesting item on Radio 4 program, ‘The Message’ e-democracy :: Our politicians want a greater use of the internet to engage the public in democracy. Campaigners love it, the “Nimbys” embrace it, but what about the rest of us? We … Continue reading →

At last, a ‘good news’ story about travellers ….. Cornish Guardian – 18 September 2003 http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=79373&command=displayContent&sourceNode=78925&contentPK=7063296 A small group of men and women in Penwith have spent the last 18 months turning a former council dump into productive land where … Continue reading →

P800 Specification: http://clubsonyericsson.com/en/products_p800.htm I showed some screengrabs from the phone at http://tashcamuk.fotopages.com/?entry=7092 to give a ‘feel’ for the device. Here are few descriptive shots, to show the device and the FM radio set. I go off about this, because most … Continue reading →

Have prepared this set, to give a general idea of what it looks like to operate. Some of the snaps look quite snazzy also, when used in this format. direct link to photos here: http://tashcamuk.fotopages.com/?entry=7092 All pictures on FotoPages: http://tashcamuk.fotopages.com