Nottinghamshire | Nottinghamshire Newswire Archive

Nottingham NHS Campaign, Public Meeting

12-05-2007 14:11 | Health | Workers' Movements | Nottinghamshire

KEEP OUR NHS PUBLIC
Do you know your NHS is being privatised?
The largest independent sector treatment centre in the UK will open her soon. Come along to the campaign to keep our NHS public.

Wind turbine building course, June 8th - 10th

12-05-2007 10:54 | Climate Chaos | Education | Technology | Nottinghamshire

Want to build your own wind turbine? v3power is running courses to show you how. v3power is a recently formed Nottingham based social enterprise organization, dedicated to providing affordable renewable energy solutions.

Straw Bale work on eco-building in St.Anns: Part 17

11-05-2007 12:04 | Ecology | Free Spaces | Nottinghamshire

Work is continuing at EcoWorks with the Straw Bale building. The window frames, now fitted, is the first stage of the 'final enclosure' of the building.

BNP councillor's neighbour

10-05-2007 22:40 | Anti-racism | Nottinghamshire

This article, from Wednesday's Evening Post, shows what non-white families in BNP-friendly areas have to put up with. Every time these far-right fuckers get a foothold in an area, racist attacks increase. Sadie's sanctimonious words about spaeking to the police etc. make me sick, but fool no-one.

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Wakey Wakey Peak Energy Tour comes to Nottingham

09-05-2007 10:11 | Climate Chaos | Nottinghamshire

The Wakey Wakey Spring Energy Tour, a tour about the upcoming Oil and Energy crisis and its relationship with Climate Change will be coming to Nottingham. Tuesday 22nd May at 7:30 at The Sumac Centre.

Mayday Events at the ASBO Centre 2, Nottingham Night Events

08-05-2007 17:01 | Mayday 2007 | Culture | Free Spaces | Nottinghamshire

A set of party pictures

Mayday Events at the ASBO Centre 1, Nottingham Day Events

08-05-2007 16:50 | Mayday 2007 | Culture | Free Spaces | Nottinghamshire

A set of party pictures

Lincoln bin revolt

Lincoln was a rock solid Labour stronghold. The Tories captured Lincoln when they promised a return to weekly refuse collection.

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M1 widening to cost £21m per mile

06-05-2007 21:45 | Ecology | Nottinghamshire | Sheffield

Todays Observer contails an article about the cost of the M1 widening which is to cost £21m per mile: "Budget of huge project is now expected to exceed the annual GDP of a third of the world's countries". The first two paragraphs of the article follow, for more info see the feature article: Work Starts On M1 Widening As Protests Continue,

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/01/360616.html

'Grand' opening of new A612 Tues 8th 2.30pm

06-05-2007 13:34 | Climate Chaos | Nottinghamshire

The county council are pleased to announce the opening of yet another piece of 'concrete over the countryside', namely the new A612. The opening ceremony will take place at the Victoria Road Junction (nr Morrisons) on Tues 8th May at 2.30pm.

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Nottingham Mayday 2 Parade Pictures

06-05-2007 00:54 | Mayday 2007 | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | Nottinghamshire

Nottingham's Mayday march and rally took place on Saturday May 5

Nottingham Mayday 1 Event Pictures

06-05-2007 00:44 | Mayday 2007 | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | Nottinghamshire

Nottingham's Mayday march and rally took place on Saturday May 5

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Activists needle shareholders over E.ON nuclear power

05-05-2007 20:49 | Climate Chaos | Nottinghamshire

It's not just in Nottingham that people are getting angry over E.ON's energy generating practices. Indymedia Germany have just reported that anti-nuclear activists have been demonstrating outside and inside the annual meeting of E.ON's stockholders in Essen, Germany. A coalition of environmental groups protested against E.ON’s plans to expand nuclear power production. Countries where E.ON is planning new nukes are Finland, Great Britain, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria.

Mayday in Nottingham (Round Two)

Nottingham's Mayday march and rally took place on Saturday May 5.

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Berridge Labour SUV nonsense!

03-05-2007 08:38 | Climate Chaos | Nottinghamshire

Berridge Labour have chosen a huge SUV as their campaign vehicle - a good indication about the depth of their environmental credentials!

Chesterfield Mayday

The Bank Holiday TUC Rally and Demonstration meets at Chesterfield Town Hall for a march through the streets to New Square on Monday 7th May.

May Day in Nottingham (Round One)

01-05-2007 15:14 | Mayday 2007 | Nottinghamshire

The PCS civil service union celebrated May Day on May the first by going on strike, picketing and marching, including through Nottingham to a rally in the Congregational Hall. There will be a PCS speaker at Nottingham's May Day (Round Two) in the Brewhouse Yard on Saturday, 5 May.

Reclaim the Square! - Summer picnic

30-04-2007 08:58 | Free Spaces | Repression | Nottinghamshire

Well after £7m and what seems like several decades the Belaboured Party's vanity project is now open. To celebrate it let's have a mass picnic there on Sun 13th May.

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