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Indymedia and the G8

Some recent pieces on the coverage of the G8, by the ‘alternative’ media. ‘The Journalist’, the in-house mag of the NUJ and ‘The Freelance’ have both produced articles, worth a look. NUJ Freelance – How the G8 is spun :: … Continue reading

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Nottingham Indymedia is Launched!

After Birmingham, Notts Indymedia is now IMC UK’s new baby. With the website live, there’s nothing stopping the new and enthusiastic collective, itching to get the project going. For years it was felt that Nottinghamshire could really do with a … Continue reading

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Nottingham NO2ID – anti Identity Card Group

http://www.nottingham-no2id.org.uk Nottingham NO2ID Operating under the NO2ID banner, we are a group of people based in and around Nottingham UK who strongly oppose the UK government’s plans for national biometric ID cards and a “National Identity Register” database system. We … Continue reading

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Wireless network hijacker found guilty £500 fine and 12 months conditional discharge…

Being a wireless enthusiast, thought you’d wanna see this. Wireless network hijacker found guilty £500 fine and 12 months conditional discharge… By Dan Ilett Published: Friday 22 July 2005 http://management.silicon.com/government/0,39024677,39150672,00.htm A UK man has been fined £500 and sentenced to … Continue reading

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Squatting :: Some Current Advice

ADVISORY SERVICE FOR SQUATTERS (ASS) 2 St Pauls Road, London N1 2QN tel: 0207 359 8814 fax: 0207 359 5185 they produce the: Squatters Handbook ( 12th edition ) http://www.squatter.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=16&Itemid=33 Legal Warning [to print out] http://www.squatter.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=31 download http://www.squatter.org.uk/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1 Resources :: … Continue reading

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ID Card Spoof show

Shockwave / Flash animation of a dog playing the piano! Set to Gilbert & Sullivan’s the ‘Very model of a modern Major General’ the very model of a modern labour minister : a tribute to charles clarke and his id … Continue reading

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World first for Wiltshire, as police pioneer new CCTV access system

Wiltshire Police has pioneered a new system called MIDAS, to enable the force’s video technicians to connect to any CCTV system and recover the image data for processing at a later stage. The force is the first in the world … Continue reading

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Rural dwellers rue return of the ravers

High club prices and contempt for star DJs bring new era of ‘free parties’ Patrick Barkham Saturday July 16, 2005 The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1529653,00.html It is a scene straight out of the early 90s: the whispered word goes out, DJs arrive … Continue reading

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Channel4.com – “FourDocs”

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

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Sheffield G8 Events :: Nottinghamshire Indymedia making a film about all this.

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

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Mobiles 999 contact idea spreads

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

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Nottingham Bomb Scare, Mansfield Road [another false alarm]

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

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Metropolitan Police & LAS: Press Conference and Statements 8th July

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

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Metropolitan Police Press statement and Press Conference Audio

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

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Bristol Indymedia Server Seized

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

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Freestyle Kayaking’s Euro Cup : Holme Pierpoint, Nottingham

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

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Twenty years on, the peace-loving festival fans still bear the scars of the Battle of the Beanfield

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

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Twenty years after, mystery still clouds Battle of the Beanfield

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

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Sheffield G8 Events :: Pictures so far.

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

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RSS Feeds

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

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