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114 activists were arrested in a 2am police raid on a community centre and school on Sneinton Dale, Nottingham, early on Easter Monday, 13th April 2009. It is believed that a demonstration was planned at the E.On powerstation at Ratcliffe-on-Soar … Continue reading →

A power station engineer had written to me, after I had made these are the postings: Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station Still Steams Ahead http://indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2008/12/414383.html Nottingham’s part of 48 hours of nationwide action against E.ON http://indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2008/11/413951.html thus prompted this exchange: Subject: Ratcliffe … Continue reading →

On Thursday 23rd October, I attended the Nottingham Crown Court to hear the appeal against conviction of Henry Twigger. On the 6th April 2008, Henry had initially painted graffiti on the Army Careers Office at the Victoria Centre, in Milton … 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 →

Peace News :: feb 2008 Peace News  http://peacenews.info The front page item “Putting Climate Change on Trial” was written and derived from my court reporting, written up on these Indymedia postings: Ratcliffe Power Station Court Case : Nottingham Magistrates [day … Continue reading →

The eleven climate change activists who shut down Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station on April 10th 2007 are on trial for three days from Monday 14th Jan at Nottingham Bridewell Magistrates Court. They have pleaded not guilty to charges of aggravated trespass … Continue reading →

11 activists charged with “aggravated trespass” in Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station in April were in court on Tuesday (see earlier posting – http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2007/11/385351.html). All 11 confirmed their “not guilty” pleas, and the District Judge heard the outline of their defence. They … Continue reading →

Spring in Action [Climate Week] in Nottingham [picture set] A week of workshops, events, music and action on climate change happened at different venues across Nottingham. Climate change is real and its happening now. Governments and corporations dream of continued … Continue reading →