Nottinghamshire Newswire Archive

Some photos from the workday at Burn Street.

Previous feature about the project

NPower wnts to build a massive windfarm on the outskirts of Rainworth. Now local residents have set up 'the Lindhurst Windfarm Protest Group' that has organised a public meeting at Rainworth Methodist Church. They have got the support from MP Alan Meale, who attended the meeting last Thursday. NPower wants to build five 400ft-high turbines at Lindhurst Farm, just off Blidworth Lane, Rainworth, just south east of Mansfield.

Land Roots:Open Meeting at the Polish Centre, Sherwood Rise, 8PM, on 15th September "just past the garage", Nottingham. Basiclly Land Roots is a group of Enviromentalist & Musicians looking to buy land on a kind of timeshare basis.

RAISING FUNDS & LOOKING TO BUY,LIVE,WORK & PLAY ON LAND ON A TIMESHARE BASIS NEAR NOTTINGHAM. SHARES ARE £250,LAST FOR LIFE & YOU GET A MONTH PER YEAR ON THE LAND PER SHARE. YOU CAN HAVE A MAXIMUM OF 13 SHARES.
for more info email Sharon;  coloursandcracks@hotmail.com

Arms Manufacturing is being promoted for the east midlands at upcoming manufacturing expo at Castle Donnington.Arms is being encouraged alongside wind power over 2 days

22-24 Put the brakes on Rolls Royce Raynesway. Trident Ploughshares are organising a weekend of action against Rolls Royce in Derby: Raynesway is the plant in Derby responsible for producing reactor fuel for Trident submarines - essential for Britain’s nuclear Weapons of Mass Destruction.0845 330 3877  http://tridentploughshares.org

We have now booked a venue for our public meeting which will be on 20 September, at the Sneinton Hermitige Community Centre, Sneinton Boulevard NG2 4GN, from 7pm - 9pm. Guest speakers will include NAIL and Friends of the Earth.

We will be discussing the planned expansion of the incinerator, its effects on your health, the environment and increased traffic, importing waste into Nottingham to further pollute our air.

Please come along and show your support to help us stop this expansion. Please also help us advertise the meeting in anyway you can.

Download the poster from the Nail website (see link below) and put it up at home, work, your local shop and anywhere you can.

Directions:  http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?client=public&search_result=&db=pc&cidr_client=none〈=&pc=NG24GN&advanced=&client=public&addr2=&quicksearch=ng2+4gn&addr3=&addr1=

NAIL Public Meeting Poster:  http://www.nail.uk.net/NAILPublicMeetingPoster.pdf

NAIL Website  http://www.nail.uk.net

Community day in Keyworth to make our own demonstration of support MPH

Spotted around Nottingham, Indymedia stickers are mushrooming up, all over the place. ........

The proposed development of 900 parking spaces at a retailpark in Giltbrook, Nottingham will not take place after developers pulled the plans just before a public meeting about the plans. Local residents had voiced their concernes especially on the point of increase of traffic in the area. Furthermore people state a 'lack of consultation' which has been denied by RPS Planning, the company that planned the project. Over 100 people attended a public meeting last week.

RPS Planning:  http://www.rpsplc.co.uk/

Saturday 17 Septmeber 2005

- at the Village Museum 10.30am to 12.45pm

Opening by Penney Poyzer of 'No Waste Like Home' BBC 2 Series

Eco and Green idea's - Stalls - Entertainment - Photo display themed on 'Time before the Internal Combustion Engine' - Pedals Cycling Information - Refreshment at St Peters Rooms - Walk to Country Park at 12.45pm

- At the Framework Knitters' Museum 10.30am to 4.30pm

Events on the theme: 'Life before Electricity' - (demonstartions and displays about how people coped before electricity was available)

- During the day -> Live Music

Coming meeting in Nottingham

Meetings are held every week at 7.30pm in the International Community Centre on Mansfield Road.

See noticeboard in reception for room number.

Upcoming events will be posted on this site (the website is down at the moment)

The following is a resume of the current position on the ID cards legislation and a brief critique of the Governments position.

A few days ago reports started to appear in media that Ketamine, an anaesthetic normally used by vets, is getting more and more used as a club drug. Nottingham now is apperently the cheapest place to get it. Apperently costing an average of £31 a gram in the UK, in Nottingham the prices can be as low as £15. At the moment the drug is legal to carry, but new legislation will see it become a class C drug soon.

For more information on the effects and risks of ketamine go to  http://www.drugscope.org.uk

Original article:  http://www.drugscope.org.uk/news_item.asp?intID=1241

Next Sunday, 11th of September: Workday at the new Indymedia Centre / 'Area For' project. The crew, based at 33 Burns St, Radford, Nottm, are having a workday, building up a community space.

Help is needed in cleaning, decorating, a funday out!! Food, drinks and great chat provided. Bring gloves, ideas and energy!

Just turn up from 12 noon, or email us for more info.

The Waterloo Fiesta is an annual event organised to bring together the residents, friends and families of Waterloo Crescent, near the Arboretum in Nottingham. This years event was drenched in sunshine and was great fun.

It ran from 2pm-9pm, and featured 5 live bands (ish), a BBQ, face painting, juggling, lantern making, films and slide projections.

Great success, looking forward to next years....

Today was a different kind of march for the animal rights movement, this was a victory march, as the Halls, the owners of the guinea pig breeding farm at Newchurch had announced that they were closing the business down and would no longer be supplying the vivisection industry, as a result of actions from the animal rights movement and a disproving general public.

Represetatives from the bus, rail and airport services will gather for a conference next Tuesday, Sept 6th. The conference is organised for the first time by the East Midlands Passenger Transport Users’ Forum (EMPTUF).

From the Notts County Council pressrelease:

"It will be an opportunity for people to give their views and feedback on the region’s transport links and key topics of discussion include:"

* The importance of public transport - both within the East Midlands and its links to other regions
* How passengers can achieve change
* Recent changes in passenger representation.

EMPTUF Chairman Alan Meredith said: “We hope that passengers from across the East Midlands will grasp this opportunity and come along to get their view across about transport services in the region.”

It is being held at the Newstead Miners Welfare Community Centre, Tilford Road, Newstead Village, Nottingham from 1pm, although registration starts at 12.30pm.

In possibly the biggest natural disaster of US history, hurricane Katrina has left devistation in New Orleans and surrounding area's. Things have gone from bad to worse. Martial law is declared in New Orleans City. The National Guard is deployed, with the order to 'Shoot To Kill' in an attempt to 'stop looting'. But reports say the National Guard is also blocking supplies getting into the affected area's. A group of 500 airboat pilots trying to support the rescue effort were stopped and send back. It is estimated 300.000 people are still trapped by the water. In an interview, the Mayor of New Orleans, Ray Nagin, lashed out at the Federal Authority, telling them to 'get off their arses'. Download interview. The US government is receiving a lot of critisism as rescue efforts have been choatic and aid starting arriving only four days after the hurricane struck.

Priorities of a corporate empire: Bush cut $20-$40 million needed to strengthen levees - a 2004 project that was 80% complete. Needing troops, he sent 35% of Louisiana's National Guard to Iraq. Then he pushed to privatize disaster services including the N.O. disaster plan, and disabled FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency)

>>> Updates on the hurricane disaster on New Orleans Indymedia

>>> Coverage of the refugee situation on Houston Indymedia

Houston Indymedia Coverage: Video: 1 | 2 | 3 Reports from New Orleans: 1 | 2 | 3

How to help: Donate: Red Cross | Second Harvest Other: Kartina Help Wiki

More Links: Weather Warning (28th August) | Democracy Now! reports (Aug. 30) (Aug. 31) (Sept. 1) (Sept. 2) | Explanation about Hurricanes (MP3) | Further analysis: 1 , 2 , 3 | Insane looting? - Not at all! | An analysis of the 'anarchy' in New Orleans' streets Commentary from the Newswire: Katrina open letter to radical/progressive community (From Houston) | In Praise of Looting | American Genocide in New Orleans

Throughout the day on the Victoria Embankment, there had been many displays and events, stalls and information, to try and get more people involved with cycling for competition, or fun. Including these two chaps one is 12 years and the other 16.