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A Labour MP (Mitchell, Austin) has tabled an Early Day Motion (EDM) in the House of Commons condemning police action against lawful photography in public places. His EDM reads as such: That this House is concerned to encourage the spread … Continue reading →

Photographers lobby parliament over police curbs :: Press Gazette Labour MP Austin Mitchell is planning to take a delegation of photographers to the Home Office to protest about the growing number of cases in which police officers and others try … Continue reading →

Open letter to Jeremy Dear General Secretary National Union of Journalist Hello Jeremy Thank you for your efforts in highlighting our continued difficulties with police, these continue in spite of the guidelines and agreement that we had. The one man … Continue reading →

Title: Solo protest by NUJ chief Feature: news Date: 2 April 2008 The National Union of Journalists held a one-man protest in an effort to highlight concerns over police harrassment. Olivier Laurent reports   Jeremy Dear, the National Union of … Continue reading →

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NUJ General Secretary, Jeremy Dear, has today (28/03) staged a one-man protest outside the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police to highlight the failure of law enforcement officers to protect media freedoms. The event, attended by dozens of press photographers, was … Continue reading →

NUJ General Secretary,  Jeremy Dear, will tomorrow (28/03) stage a one-man protest outside the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police to highlight the failure of law enforcement officers to protect media freedoms. The union is frustrated that a large number of … Continue reading →

With the recent distress and trouble about the end of the ASBO squat in Burns Street, Radford, Nottingham …… [I have been covering events there for the last few years] http://indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2008/03/392793.html http://indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2008/03/392994.html By contrast, if you want to see what … Continue reading →

Levellers & Diggers 350 year Anniversary at St.George’s Hill.  Please check out my speech at this event on YouTube My speech there, describing the fact that current protest and festival events like the free festivals, Stonehenge Gathering etc ….. are … Continue reading →

A friend found this, a film maker gets some grief on the streets of London. I meet this stort of thing, every single bloody day!!!! The video covers your rights to take photos in public place. Includes interview with John … Continue reading →

A photographer from a Birmingham-based photographic agency has raised a complaint with West Midlands Police following an incident in which he says a police officer forced him to delete images from his memory card. Lawrence Looi, 31, who has been … Continue reading →

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwJarFI3Ic4] A friends last day of driving a bus. He asked me to take a few piccys, for his mum. But I got a bit carried away, and made this as a bit of jolly.

As part of the ‘LGBT History Month’, the rainbow flag, flew above the Council House.  As well as various events held around the city, there is an exhibition of photography in the Central Library [on the 1st floor], Angel Row, … Continue reading →

This time it is the photographers and videographers we have to fear. The two links will take you to the Met’s own website and enlighten you, frighten you, and have you phoning in suspicious behaviour calls on every journalist, photojournalist, … Continue reading →

NUJ member Marc Vallée has accepted an apology and out-of-court settlement from the Metropolitan Police today (25/2), further to issuing proceedings against Sir Ian Blair, Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis for “Battery” (assault) and breaches of the Human Rights … Continue reading →

Climate change is killing us. So why are we still so reluctant to quantify the deaths it has caused?  In April last year a group of environmentalists shut down E.ON’s coalfired power station in Ratcliffe-on-Soar. The goal: to reduce carbon … Continue reading →

On the 10th April 2007, 11 people walked into the Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station and locked on to the coal conveyor and assorted plant there. Their objective was to take direct action to halt operations and thus to diminish the CO2 … Continue reading →

On Friday 22 February at 12.30pm, Nottingham adopted the first Speakers’ Corner in the UK since an Act of Parliament paved the way for the original in London’s Hyde Park almost 150 years ago. The council press release says: ‘It … Continue reading →

Shrovetide football has been played for centuries and possibly for over 1,000 years. Each year on Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday, Ashbourne becomes a war zone! The majority of the able-bodied men, women and children take to the streets to … Continue reading →

Held on Sunday the 3rd of Feb, from 2 – 10:30pm. at The Art Organisation, 21 Station Street, Nottingham. The name of the event is ‘Smarter than Yeast?’ The paralell is draw between the exponatial growth of organisms and the … Continue reading →