UK Newswire Archive
Creative Sheffield? Debate
26-03-2007 11:41
This is an opportunity for you to to say what you think about the arts in Sheffield(however defined) regeneration, the crisis in representation, community, , etc.Starbucks openning greeted by local knees up
26-03-2007 11:12
Described as "a proper east-end knees up", locals gathered outside the new Starbucks store for a tea party, "in defence of our area, and to show off the lovely culture we have".Operation Bite: April 6 sneak attack by US forces against Iran planned, Russian
26-03-2007 08:49
The long awaited US military attack on Iran is now on track for the first week of April, specifically for 4 am on April 6, the Good Friday opening of Easter weekend, writes the well-known Russian journalist Andrei Uglanov in the Moscow weekly “Argumenty Nedeli.”Gorleben fears it will become all of Europe's nuclear dump
26-03-2007 07:00
People who have fought for 30 years against nuclear waste dumping at the north German village of Gorleben now fear that the salt deposit there will become an international final repository. If the exploratory salt mine in Gorleben, now temporarily stopped over safety concerns, were to start operating as a repository, “it would be an international repository because of substitution treaties already in place”.Full article | 5 additions | 3 comments
Glasgow: Brand Street Blockaded by Tripod
26-03-2007 05:41
Home Office Reporting Centre at Brand Street, Glasgow is blocked with a person up a tripod.A little bit of background to the kidnappings in the Gulf
26-03-2007 01:14
On 23 March 2007, 15 Royal Navy personnel were taken at gunpoint by Iranian forces in the Gulf. Five days before, on 18 March 2007, the Sunday Times ran a story predicting that an incident like this had been threatened by Iran, and explained the reasons why.Abbey Road revisited (by Latuff)
26-03-2007 00:34
Afghanistan: Why Australia should get out
25-03-2007 22:56
Over 100 nations support South Africa’s call for a “time out” on new UN sanction
25-03-2007 22:24
The UN Security Council vote against Iran does NOT represent the true "will of the international community"A new Iraq?
25-03-2007 22:21
I found this following article very interesting, it concers one of the leading anti-Saddam Hussein writers of the late 80's and the 90's.Calum Douglas - Presentation of Flight 77 Pentagon Black Box info - video
25-03-2007 21:41
Using information gained from official sources using FOI, Calum of the UK 9/11 Truth Campaign presents the vital information at an Ipswich meetingIran and the British Media
25-03-2007 18:04
Exclusive to ukwatch.net an interview on the British media's coverage of the confrontation between Iran and the United States with David Edwards and David Cromwell, editors of MedialensThe noises being made by the British and american governments are eerily reminiscent of the build up to the Iraq invasion. How has the media responded to this propaganda re-run?
Preston Vision Board - Private Developers Marketing Subsidised With Public Money
25-03-2007 16:52
Preston Vision Board want to build a barrage in the Ribble to create a Marina, and build 4000 houses in the greenfield land nearby. Now that we know WHO Preston Vision Board are, we learn that they include representatives of companies that make their money by building marinas and developing property - so why is this board being supported with public money and officer's time, by the very councils that they are trying to sell their expensive and environmentally disastrous ideas to?NPower obtains High Court injunction to prevent press coverage of protests
25-03-2007 15:03
Electricity giant Npower has obtained an injunction to stop protests and filming at the site of a proposed ash dump.How many cops does it take to police a Tea Party?
25-03-2007 14:56
Parliament square One mans fight almost to death - for peace
25-03-2007 12:40
Tear gas: a chemical weapon that must be banned
25-03-2007 12:15
A 'must-read' report from Nobel Peace prize winning organisation Physicians for Social ResponsibilityLast Hours issue 15 out now - DIY culture, autonomy & revolution!
25-03-2007 11:55
British Premier - East of Liberty, 1pm, Dalston Rio cinema, May Day Bank Holiday
25-03-2007 10:35
The British premier of East of Liberty, a hard hitting documentary about gentrification in East Liberty, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The director, Chris Ivey, will be attending to answer questions at the end.