UK Newswire Archive
BCC Tree Surgeons Use Our Council Tax To Decimate Hundreds of Bristol's Trees
27-05-2010 23:22
hundreds of mature street trees in Bristol have been hoplessly over-pruned in the Autumn and now appear to be dyingThe Evening Post Front Page Picture Story That Never Was..............
I'm no expert but it's nearly the end of May and these heavily over pruned trees have not managed to produce anything like enough leaves this years to survive!
These trees are on Whiteladies Road and Cranbrook Road.
The Whiteladies Road Plane Trees are in a reall terrible state and look to me like they may not survive??
But there are many more on Fishponds Road and elswhere throughout the city.
Maybe a dodgy sub-contractor has been employed to prune these trees because their managers clearly know next to nothing about arboriculture. Might they have somehow cheated in the awarding of the contract? Maybe with help from their 'friends' who are council officers responsible for oversight of tendering process?
In the good old days the council would have done this work themselves and the people involved would have been caring, knowledgable and accountable.
Nowadays these sub contractors and the council hide under the cover of 'commercial confidentiality' we all know what that means.
"I have made a pact not to grass up my friends. "
I suppose the contractors have been paid now for a 'job well done'?
Will Bristol City Couuncil's Head of Legal Services Stephen Macnamara be able to get this money back for us?
Or is he too busy struggling to justify making such a diabolical mess, as the city's returning officer, of the recent general and local elections?
Or is he too busy trying to justify the continuing suspension of our honest Bristol Coroner Paul Forrest, for doing nothing more than speaking out early in 2009 about dead bodies piling up at Southmead Hospital awaiting inquests?
UK arrests & raids, possibly climate action related
27-05-2010 21:23
At lunchtime on Wednesday 26th May two addresses in Belper, Derbyshire, were raided by the North Yorkshire Counter Terrorist Unit.WILDCAT! Issue #1 out now!
27-05-2010 21:13
Saturday's Reshuffle Programme Announced
27-05-2010 19:22
The programme for the May Reshuffle at the Pearce Institute in Glasgow.
Bristol Anarchist Bookfair 2010 Goes Live [1]
27-05-2010 19:22
Callout for stalls and workshopsBristol Anarchist Bookfair 2010 – Callout
Saturday 11th September, Hamilton House, 80 Stokes Croft, BS1 3QY,
10.30am-5.30pm
This is a callout to potential stallholders, and workshop/meeting organisers. Please apply now! Everyone else keep the day free, come down, take part in the discussions, browse the stalls and join in the fun.
Full details about the Bookfair can be found at:
http://www.bristolanarchistbookfair.org
including booking forms, venue and travel info, publicity, other bookfair events and more.
IT’S THE TORIES, STUPID!
We are in the midst of the worst worldwide crisis of capitalism for 80 years, the Conservatives are back in Downing Street and the so called Liberal Democrats have shown their true colours by making a grab for power at any cost. Our new leaders are promising deep cuts in services and spending to keep the ruling classes afloat. This will impoverish Britain’s working class in the same way as the last time the Tories were in power! From fear of terrorism to fear of immigrants, they are using every trick in the book to keep us in line.
A TRUE COALITION
Bristol Anarchist Bookfair is the South-West’s biggest radical event and we need you. If you are a part of an activist group, campaign group, art group, book or merchandise distributor, and you organise along Anarchist principles, we want you there. Our booking form is available from the top right-hand corner of the website.
As always table hire is cheap and room hire for talks, workshops and films is completely free.
Last year we estimated well over 600 people came through the doors and this year we are situated on one of Bristol’s busiest streets in the city’s alternative hub. So don’t miss out!
THE VENUE
Abandoned for years, this former office block is now home to a cafe/bar, dance and art studios and events spaces. This is Bristol Anarchist Bookfair’s largest venue yet. Spread over two floors we have room for a café and social area, a crèche and three meeting/film rooms. The venue is completely accessible with a lift and plenty of space between stalls.
Hamilton House is situated on Stokes Croft, the “Cultural Quarter” of Bristol. It is famed for its street art, music scene and many nearby autonomous spaces including the volunteer run Cube microplex the anarchist-run Freeshop, Emporium Art Gallery, Magpie Gallery and the newly opened “Factory” Social Centre. Stokes croft recently hit the headlines when anti-capitalist protesters disrupted plans to open a new Tesco store nearby, by converting the proposed site into a squat and live music venue, culminating in activists clashing with bailiffs and cops in what local media dubbed “The Battle of Stokes Croft”.
CHANGE REALLY IS POSSIBLE
Over thirty stalls, workshops, debates, films and a café. Extensive selections of books, pamphlets, mags & zines, info, music, badges & merchandise. The future is not set in stone, change is always possible. Anarchists believe the basis for the future can be found in co-operation, solidarity, direct action, creativity, resistance & mutual aid. Come and see what we have to offer, you only have to step through the door…
For more info, contact: bristolanarchistbookfair@riseup.net
Related Link: http://www.bristolanarchistbookfair.org
Merthyr to Mayo Bikeride Updates
27-05-2010 18:31
Follow the exploits of the riders on the blogSehar Shebaz and Wania have left the UK
27-05-2010 18:22
A belated follow-up to the case of the first family detained in Scotland after the election. Via freemovement.
Palestine Today 05 27 2010
27-05-2010 16:23
CNI Expo
27-05-2010 14:52
The security industry, police and government are having a nice conference about "threats" (which appears to include naughty activists) at the Excel centre in London 2nd-3rd June 2010. www.cniexpo.com for more information the conference is titled "security and resilience for the public and private sector".Take Action Against Animal Cruelty: Willmott Dixon Building Hell For Animals!
27-05-2010 12:35
As the first action alert from the campaign we hope to drive home the message to Willmott Dixon, letting them know that their role in the construction of Leicester University's new animal testing laboratory is unacceptable and that we will stop the construction.Kew Bridge Eco Village was EVICTED this morning at 8am
27-05-2010 12:15
I am sorry to tell you all that the baliffs came and evicted us from Kew Bridge Eco Village this morning at 8am! It was fairly peaceful and we managed to resist for a good 3 hours whilst Sev sat ontop of one of the structures and refused to come down! Check youtube for videos soon!Health fears over chemical site (ex Bayer site Cambridge UK)
27-05-2010 12:12
Villagers are blaming a massive clean-up operation at a former chemical factory for making them feel unwell.
Soil at the old Bayer CropScience site in Hauxton is being decontaminated ahead of the construction of 380 homes, but the work is giving off nasty odours.
LIVE Nestlé Forum - put your questions
27-05-2010 11:50
Nestle is trying to Greenwash its image with an event in London on 27 May, claiming its company values mean that it can be trusted to do the right thing, rather than there being meaningful regulations. Put your questions.Dysophia 1: Anarchism & Polyamory now out
27-05-2010 10:38
A new collection of writings on the theory and practice of open relationships from an anarchist perspective.Badger Cull delayed by concerned locals/landowners/farmers
27-05-2010 10:15
The people support the badger cull are going masked up, walking over peoples back garden and are getting th epolice to arrest people who are filming them. The people are being arrested for being on their own land and filming! The actions of these locals to save the badgers has delayed the cull.Avonmouth Biofuel Power Station - Carry On Fighting The Plans
27-05-2010 09:22
Developer has appealed against Bristol Council's refusal to grant planning permissionW4B Energy intend to build a 50MW power station in Avonmouth Docks. It will burn 90,000 tonnes of palm oil per year to generate so-called renewable electricity. Bristol Council refused planning permission in February agreeing with campaigners that fuel imported from Asia and South America cannot be sustainable - particularly when industrial scale palm oil plantations are one of the major causes of deforestation and habitat destruction.
Although Bristol Council refused permission because they view this use of biofuel as unsustainable, there are other valid reasons for refusing permission, including local air quality impacts. It is important that these other reasons are put forward in objections sent to the Planning Inspector.
W4B have tried to head off concerns about their proposed development by suggesting that they will only use palm oil for a short period until jatropha oil is available in commercial quantities. Currently palm oil is considerably cheaper than jatropha, and Biofuelwatch see no reason to think that jatropha will ever be competitive on the global markets. Jatropha grown on an industrial scale has many adverse social and environmental impacts and uses even more land area than palm oil.
The Biofuelwatch website (www.biofuelwatch.org.uk) has more background and details on how to submit comments to the planning inspector. THE DEADLINE IS 2 JUNE. If you have any questions regarding responses to the appeal or if you want to do more to help us fight the appeal, please email us at info@biofuelwatch.org.uk.
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FREEDOM FORTILA
27-05-2010 08:01
A Ship to Gaza initiative URGENTLY NEEDS OUR HELP!Dialect - financial terrorists' secret meeting Guardian journo Charlie Skelton plans to gatecrash it
27-05-2010 02:36
plus Tom Morgan and Tommy Williams talk about The Adventurists, a group of daredevil fund raisersRadio is a Bristol (UK) podcast produced by volunteers. Our main activity is our weekly current affairs and arts magazine programme Dialect, which is recorded at our Queen's Square studios and posted for download every week on Friday morning. Want to volunteer? Volunteering Bristol, Royal Oak House, Royal Oak Avenue, Bristol. BS1 4GB Tel: 0117 989 7733. Listen on air: 93.2 FM (BCFM), Sundays at 12 noon. Or listen live on the internet at http://www.bcfm.org.uk/
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http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/program/42985
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00:00 - Introduction
02:45 - Colin Mcnamee talks about selling gas in Ireland in the 1960's
13:45 - Tom Morgan and Tommy Williams talk about The Adventurists, a group of daredevil fund raisers who take part in rallies around the world as well as the Peddle Wallers - a new Bristol bicycle rickshaw service hopefully starting soon
23:30 - Kevin Dennis talks about the Bicycle Basket Market at the Full Moon Pub in Bristol on the 1st Sunday of every month as well as the World Naked Bike Ride, a peaceful protest against our dependency on oil and cars
29:30 - Anthea Page visits Alex of Upton Cheney Winter's Chilli Farm who talks about recycling
38:10 - Charles Thompson interviews Tony Gosling about the forthcoming secretive Bilderberg Conference of financial terrorists coming up in Spain in June
42:15 - Media lies, D-Notices, DA-Notices and Bilderberg cover up - Another extract from the book 'Secrets & Lies' by David Southwell, read by Malcolm Grieve.
51:30 - Trevor Carter - The Bard of Windmill Hill - reads another of his original poems entitled 'When'
53:15 - Jeff Sparkes provides his What's on in Bristol guide along with his song of the week
59:00 - Credits
Credits:
Presenter: Tony Gosling
Reporter: Anthea Page
Contributors: Jeff Sparkes, Malcolm Grieve, Trevor Carter
Engineering: Jonny Roydon
Producer: Anthea Page
Brother Who Possibly Loves Murdered Sister and Country Jailed in Ireland
26-05-2010 23:59
A brother appeared in court in occupied Ireland today, charged with a bomb attack in Newry, Co Down three months ago.Nothing unusual about that, it happens all the time in British occupied ireland.Ciaran Farrell, whose sister Mairead was one of three IRA members shot dead by the British SAS in Gibraltar in 1988, stood in the same magistrates’ court in Newry that he is accused of blowing up.Bristol Anarchist Bookfair 2010 Goes Live
26-05-2010 22:22
Callout for stalls and workshopsBristol Anarchist Bookfair 2010 – Callout
Saturday 11th September, Hamilton House, 80 Stokes Croft, BS1 3QY,
10.30am-5.30pm
This is a callout to potential stallholders, and workshop/meeting organisers. Please apply now! Everyone else keep the day free, come down, take part in the discussions, browse the stalls and join in the fun.
Full details about the Bookfair can be found at:
http://www.bristolanarchistbookfair.org
including booking forms, venue and travel info, publicity, other bookfair events and more.
IT’S THE TORIES, STUPID!
We are in the midst of the worst worldwide crisis of capitalism for 80 years, the Conservatives are back in Downing Street and the so called Liberal Democrats have shown their true colours by making a grab for power at any cost. Our new leaders are promising deep cuts in services and spending to keep the ruling classes afloat. This will impoverish Britain’s working class in the same way as the last time the Tories were in power! From fear of terrorism to fear of immigrants, they are using every trick in the book to keep us in line.
A TRUE COALITION
Bristol Anarchist Bookfair is the South-West’s biggest radical event and we need you. If you are a part of an activist group, campaign group, art group, book or merchandise distributor, and you organise along Anarchist principles, we want you there. Our booking form is available from the top right-hand corner of the website.
As always table hire is cheap and room hire for talks, workshops and films is completely free.
Last year we estimated well over 600 people came through the doors and this year we are situated on one of Bristol’s busiest streets in the city’s alternative hub. So don’t miss out!
THE VENUE
Abandoned for years, this former office block is now home to a cafe/bar, dance and art studios and events spaces. This is Bristol Anarchist Bookfair’s largest venue yet. Spread over two floors we have room for a café and social area, a crèche and three meeting/film rooms. The venue is completely accessible with a lift and plenty of space between stalls.
Hamilton House is situated on Stokes Croft, the “Cultural Quarter” of Bristol. It is famed for its street art, music scene and many nearby autonomous spaces including the volunteer run Cube microplex the anarchist-run Freeshop, Emporium Art Gallery, Magpie Gallery and the newly opened “Factory” Social Centre. Stokes croft recently hit the headlines when anti-capitalist protesters disrupted plans to open a new Tesco store nearby, by converting the proposed site into a squat and live music venue, culminating in activists clashing with bailiffs and cops in what local media dubbed “The Battle of Stokes Croft”.
CHANGE REALLY IS POSSIBLE
Over thirty stalls, workshops, debates, films and a café. Extensive selections of books, pamphlets, mags & zines, info, music, badges & merchandise. The future is not set in stone, change is always possible. Anarchists believe the basis for the future can be found in co-operation, solidarity, direct action, creativity, resistance & mutual aid. Come and see what we have to offer, you only have to step through the door…
For more info, contact: bristolanarchistbookfair@riseup.net