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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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Press Release from South Yorkshire Police: G8 meeting in Sheffield

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

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Wiltshire Police hail the success of anti rave measures

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

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Mc Libel on the beeb

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

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Nottingham City Transport not giving change on their buses

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

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Keyboard cops :: your hard drive can put you behind bar

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

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