Monthly Archives: June 2007

Threat Levels: The System to Assess the Threat from International Terrorism

Current UK Threat Level http://www.intelligence.gov.uk/threat_levels.aspx The current threat level is assessed as Critical (as of 30th June 2007). What are Threat Levels Threat levels are designed to give a broad indication of the likelihood of a terrorist attack. They are … Continue reading

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Women representatives of Six Nations Territory, Canada give Sumac Talk

Women representatives from the Six Nations on the Grand River community in Ontario, Canada gave a talk at the Sumac Centre, Forest Fields, Nottingham on Wednesday the 27th of June at 7.30 pm. Indymedia Report They spoke about the experience … Continue reading

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90% of CCTV is illegal

CameraWatch was launched in Edinburgh yesterday. Despite it’s name, it is not an activist group, it is an industry-funded advisory group. However, it did start with a few tips that may be useful to activists facing prosecution using CCTV images. … Continue reading

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Plane Stupid meets Ethical Man

Newsnight’s ‘Ethical Man’ interviews Joss and goes with Plane Stupid to visit the head of BAA with a copy of the Tyndall Centre’s paper, ‘Growth scenarios for EU & UK aviation: contradictions with climate policy’. Not surprisingly they didn’t want … Continue reading

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Climate activists glued to doors at East Midlands Airport

On the afternoon of Saturday 16th June, climate campaigners glued themselves to the doors of the short-haul East Midlands airport to draw attention to the environmental impacts of flying as part of a European day of action on short-haul flights … Continue reading

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Electronic Music Production

Last night, spent a long time in front of my computers, searching for more info, on “Orichalcum & The Deviant”, “TIP Records” and “Flying Rhino”. Some of my current favourite electronic tunes. I have never been any good at learning … Continue reading

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Mobile Indymedia – Nottinghamshire

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/nottinghamshire Indymedia folks have been beavering away to bring you Indymedia content, direct to your mobile. Clearly, a ‘full framed’ Indymedia page will not fit on your mobile, so, content is divided into features or newswire. This is true for … Continue reading

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Tul Bahadur Pun VC, a Gurka soldier who was to be banned from entering Britain

Tul Bahadur Pun VC won the Victoria Cross fighting for Britain in the 3rd Battalion 6th Gurkha Rifles. He is 1 of only 12 living recipients of this country’s highest award for valour. However, the British Government refused 84 year-old … Continue reading

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Public urged to record crime with cameraphones

Central photo and movie database means it’s a fair cop Andrew Charlesworth, vnunet.com 01 Jun 2007 Europeans will soon be encouraged to use cameraphones to photograph and video criminal activity to send directly to a national police database. Dutch technology … Continue reading

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Tash Police Guidelines [and Obstruction arrest] Photo Links

Since the original incident, I have been back and forth to Nottingham Magistrates Court over a dozen time [like 12 dates so far and we’re not there yet]. All this as they all try to get their ‘ducks-in-a-row’. I am … Continue reading

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