Yeah lots of articles and warnings in the press now summer's really here...

(weather's been a bit chilly in May - get set for a very very hot June / July / August)

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Rave misery for villagers
Cambridge Evening News, UK - 10 May 2005
 http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/lifestyle/arts_music/news/2005/05/10/055 51a5d-f66d-49cb-bcfc-059c04f130f9.lpf

RAVERS are making weekend nights a misery in a village on the outskirts of Cambridge.
Cambridgeshire police said they were aware of the raves.

Insp Paul Ormerod, of the South Cambridgeshire sector, said: "These events are being held on private land, making it a complex issue to deal with.

"We are aware of the on-going problem at the site and have held meetings with other agencies, including the district council and fire service, to try to find out the legality of these evenings.

"We are looking at all options in response to the events, and will be taking positive action in the near future."

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Police campaign to prevent rave
 devon.editorial@archant.co.uk
11 May 2005
 http://www.midweekherald.co.uk/midweekherald/news/story.aspx?brand=MDWOn line&category=news&tBrand=devon24&tCategory=newsmdw&itemid=DEED11%20May%202005%2012%3A43%3A12%3A493

Police are trying to prevent the return of illegal raves to Smeatharpe near Honiton, writes Sally Munro.

This year Police are again part of a South West regional operation warning people not to try and set up illegal raves.

The South West is considered to be one of a number of susceptible areas in the UK for illegal raves.

Operation Pell aims to minimise the disruption to communities by cracking down on illegal festivals.

Insp Norman Amey, in charge of the operation, said: "In previous years we have had problems with people who were unable to buy tickets for Glastonbury, trying to set up alternative sites in our force area.

"The airfield at Smeatharpe has been targeted in the past, and we will be putting a specific operation in place to prevent mass trespass or illegal raves at the site.

"We have the powers to stop these illegal gatherings and to seize equipment, and will do so if necessary to protect the rights and lifestyles of the community, as well as preventing serious injury and hazards to health of those attending.

"Although there is a specific operation for the airfield, we are also aware that this sort of gathering may happen anywhere across the force."

The public can assist police by reporting any suspicious activity around open land or disused buildings by calling 08452 777444.

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Butterflies Endangered By Psy Trance Hippies

Thousands cause rave woods damage
Tuesday, 17 May, 2005, 11:21 GMT 12:21 UK
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/4554197.stm

The prospect of raves being staged in the Kent countryside is being investigated by police after one event caused damage to ancient woodland.

Kent Police said there was intelligence that other raves were being planned.

A spokesman said: "We're working on that and we will do everything we can in our powers to stop it."

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Police Prevent Illegal Rave
12:48 Tuesday 17 May 2005
 http://www.clicknewbury.com/zones/news/story/20050517.1248.3.html

Thames Valley Police in West Berkshire prevented a huge rave from going ahead on the Ridgeway this weekend.

More than 90 vehicles with three large sound systems were stopped from entering land near Aldworth after a tip off from an off-duty officer who overheard plans for the rave. The rave was planned for the early hours of last Sunday, 15th May, but officers managed to stop it taking place. Fifty-six officers from Berkshire and Oxfordshire were involved in the operation - mounted under Section 63 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, which gives officers the authority to turn people away from an illegal gathering such as a rave.

Officers spread out around the area of Streetley, Compton and Aldworth and stopped vehicles as they tried to reach rural land on the Ridgeway throughout the early hours of Sunday.

Supt. Jim Trotman, local police area commander of West Berkshire, said: "From a local police perspective these events cause considerable damage in rural communities. A recent rave near East Hendred caused significant damage to livestock within the West Berkshire part of the Ridgeway and many of the local people I work with complained to me after the event."

"We, and our partners in the local authority, take the prevention of illegal raves very seriously. This past weekend was just such a time and police officers from across Oxfordshire and Berkshire successfully prevented a convoy of some 90 vehicles with three separate sound systems from setting up a rave on the Ridgeway."

"This kind of operation is one that takes considerable numbers of officers away from other duties but these raves are unlicensed, rarely have any safety considerations and quite frequently involve large numbers of people disrupting the lives of others. Rural communities need policing as much as their urban counterparts. I have no doubt that where we can we will be seeking to intervene in more raves over the coming summer months. I hope that putting a rather more forthright police case with regard to raves will allow local people to understand that local policing is still very much able to deal with the bigger problems that sometimes beset our more rural communities."

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Hundreds attend illegal rave
 http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&categ ory=News&tBrand=edponline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED22%20May%202005%2017%3A54%3A36%3A020
CAT BARTMAN

23 May 2005 12:53

Hundreds of people descended on Forestry Commission land near Thetford yesterday for an illegal rave.

It comes just a week after four raves were held in the county, stretching police resources.

Last week Norfolk police announced that it was looking at how to deal with illegal raves and ways of working more closely with environmental health officers and local authorities to stop unlicensed events and take action against organisers.

"We will enforce current legislation vigorously and, with the land owner's permission, and in consultation with the relevant corrupt town or parish councils, paedophile priests et al, kick the absolute fuck out of anyone who wants to be free to create their own fun in their own space outdoors, or is doing so within the unity of a crowd of likeminded individuals, and that includes pregnant women too. So called 'happiness and fun' will be wiped off the face of the earth."

A.C.A.B

ok so they will step up policing. so what they gonna do stop every rave this summer?
i don't think so.
lets make sure every party happens - support your local diy music scene.
lets make it a summer of outdoor partys!

at the same time try your hardest NOT to damage ancient woodland. having a party is no excuse.

R .. E .. S .. P .. E .. C .. T

Yes, 20 years of the Criminal Justice Act begins to bear fruit

The kids are not going to take it any more - they tried to party and they got attacked, play music they got arrested, dance they got gassed like vermin

They said NO to war and they got sent out to kill and torture, to violate all the values that they were told were true.

We are sitting on a powder keg

The Human spirit can only be kept down for so long - there is a fine line between a riot and a party/celebration - riot happens when celebration is repressed.

This is a wake up those of you who assume authority for you to take responsibility for what you have created in your blindness and intolerance -
If you want respect you have to show respect not beat people up and punish them for being human, expecting that to teach respect

The only way to teach anything is by example.

Respect the kids, let them have their lives, their music, their wild celebrations.

The current path is spiralling into a hell that will make the mods and rockers and the Beanfield look like the magic roundabout - The kids will break out of the cultural stagnation as they did in the 60's only this time they do not have love and peace in their minds.

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Police vow to stop illegal raves
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/oxfordshire/4581813.stm

Thursday, 26 May, 2005

Police have vowed to crack down on illegal raves being held across southern Oxfordshire.

Thames Valley Police says it is to use "a considerable number of officers" to prevent the events before they begin.

They hope to stop the large numbers of vehicles that come in to the area's villages as a result of the events.

The decision to step up action comes after a large rave was held on the Ridgeway near East Hendred on the Bank Holiday at the start of May.

More than 90 vehicles with three large sound systems were also stopped from entering land near Aldworth on 15 May after a tip off from an off-duty officer who overheard plans for a rave.

Ch Insp David Purnell said: "We will investigate and assess all illegal raves in accordance with the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act.

"I have allocated a considerable number of officers to resource this operation as these raves are unlicensed and frequently involve large numbers of people disrupting the lives of others."

West berkshire and the Ridgeway area is blighted by noise, in the village where I live we get many helicopters and small aircraft, building noise, continual reversing beepers, traffic noise, farm noise, school noise, A34 noise and a ice cream van with a jingle which is so load it would rival many a rave sound system. The last thing we need is more noise. When you come with your rave you are just more blight.

I want freedom.

Freedom from noise !!!!!!