UK Newswire Archive
In defence of anarchy
12-08-2011 08:04
Following is an article from Chumbawumba's Boff Whalley, it's a corporate repost but one of the few that are worth having here...Parliament demands violent repression of British youth riots
12-08-2011 07:56
Yesterday’s emergency debate in the British parliament, recalled in emergency session following the eruption of youth riots earlier this week, was a contemptible spectacle.InfoUsurpa August 15th - 21st
12-08-2011 02:55
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Solidarity action in Zurich.
11-08-2011 22:10
Translated from
http://ch.indymedia.org/de/2011/08/82851.shtml
Former US Counterterrorism Czar Accuses Tenet, Other CIA Officials of Cover-Up
11-08-2011 20:41
Riots: viewed from Oxford
11-08-2011 19:55
At the time of writing, there have been no riots in Oxford*. However, what's been going on over the last few days is clearly not just isolated local events. Here's a round up of what some Oxford-based bloggers have made of things …
Daily Mail: Rich people are selfish and lack empathy!
11-08-2011 17:08
The Daily Mail, which usually slates the poor and worships the rich, publishes a study showing what we have all known anyway: rich people are "less empathetic, less altruistic and generally more selfish"Clapahm Junction - the aftermath
11-08-2011 15:55
After the riot and the cleanup, a lot of shops are boarded up and the securing was still going on yesterday, while the first windows were being rapaired as well. Smashed up shops included charity shops, and small shops, besides the big chains, phone and betting shops.
Some shops were boarded up, but already open for business again, which seems to indicate that while they had glass damage, the interior wasn't damaged too badly and they had enough stock left to continue trading.
Nottingham Riots: Tuesday pix 2
11-08-2011 15:55
Tuesday 9th August 2011
Nottinghamshire Police mounted an operation across Nottingham City over the last few night.
In a statement, the police say that they had over 800 officers on duty to police the situation. A large number of PSU's were deployed and were added to by units from Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire. Mounted officers were also deployed.
Damage was done to 5 Nottingham Police Stations. and a number of city centre shops were damaged and now boarded up. On monday night, the Victoria Centre entrance and glass in shops there were also smashed.
Nottinghamshire Police issued a detail statement of events at: http://tinyurl.com/3nd2rw9
They now report 105 arrests. 60 so far have been charged. They say: "The force is actively looking to make further arrests and will continue to gather evidence to do so."
Nottingham Riots: Canning Circus Police Stn Damage
Nottingham Riots: Boarding up + Police Standby
Riots spread to Nottingham [Nottingham Indymedia Feature]
Summer of Unrest: an indymedia overview of the 'riots' [UK Mayday Feature]
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ALAN LODGE
Photographer - Media: One Eye on the Road. Nottingham. UK
Email: tash@indymedia.org
Web: http://digitaljournalist.eu
Member of the National Union of Journalists [NUJ]
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"It is not enough to curse the darkness.
It is also necessary to light a lamp!!"
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Nottingham Riots: Boarding up + Police Standby
11-08-2011 15:55
Wednesday 10th August 2011
Nottinghamshire Police mounted an operation across Nottingham City over the last few night.
After the disorder over the last couple of nights, wednesday was much quieter.
In a statement, the police say that they had over 800 officers on duty to police the situation. A large number of PSU's were deployed and were added to by units from Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire. Mounted officers were also deployed.
Damage was done to 5 Nottingham Police Stations. and a number of city centre shops were damaged and now boarded up. On monday night, the Victoria Centre entrance and glass in shops there were also smashed.
Nottinghamshire Police issued a detail statement of events at: http://tinyurl.com/3nd2rw9
They now report 105 arrests. 60 so far have been charged. They say: "The force is actively looking to make further arrests and will continue to gather evidence to do so."
Nottingham Riots: Canning Circus Police Stn Damage
Nottingham Riots: Boarding up + Police Standby
Riots spread to Nottingham [Nottingham Indymedia Feature]
Summer of Unrest: an indymedia overview of the 'riots' [UK Mayday Feature]
____________________________________________
ALAN LODGE
Photographer - Media: One Eye on the Road. Nottingham. UK
Email: tash@indymedia.org
Web: http://digitaljournalist.eu
Member of the National Union of Journalists [NUJ]
____________________________________________
"It is not enough to curse the darkness.
It is also necessary to light a lamp!!"
___________________________________________
<ends>
Nottingham Riots: Tuesday pix 1
11-08-2011 15:55
Tuesday 9th August 2011
Nottinghamshire Police mounted an operation across Nottingham City over the last few night.
In a statement, the police say that they had over 800 officers on duty to police the situation. A large number of PSU's were deployed and were added to by units from Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire. Mounted officers were also deployed.
Damage was done to 5 Nottingham Police Stations. and a number of city centre shops were damaged and now boarded up. On monday night, the Victoria Centre entrance and glass in shops there were also smashed.
Nottinghamshire Police issued a detail statement of events at: http://tinyurl.com/3nd2rw9
They now report 105 arrests. 60 so far have been charged. They say: "The force is actively looking to make further arrests and will continue to gather evidence to do so."
Nottingham Riots: Canning Circus Police Stn Damage
Nottingham Riots: Boarding up + Police Standby
Riots spread to Nottingham [Nottingham Indymedia Feature]
Summer of Unrest: an indymedia overview of the 'riots' [UK Mayday Feature]
____________________________________________
ALAN LODGE
Photographer - Media: One Eye on the Road. Nottingham. UK
Email: tash@indymedia.org
Web: http://digitaljournalist.eu
Member of the National Union of Journalists [NUJ]
____________________________________________
"It is not enough to curse the darkness.
It is also necessary to light a lamp!!"
___________________________________________
<ends>
Nottingham Riots: Canning Circus Police Stn Damage
11-08-2011 15:55
Tuesday 9th August 2011
Nottinghamshire Police mounted an operation across Nottingham City over the last few night.
In a statement, the police say that they had over 800 officers on duty to police the situation. A large number of PSU's were deployed and were added to by units from Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire. Mounted officers were also deployed.
Damage was done to 5 Nottingham Police Stations. and a number of city centre shops were damaged and now boarded up. On monday night, the Victoria Centre entrance and glass in shops there were also smashed.
Nottinghamshire Police issued a detail statement of events at: http://tinyurl.com/3nd2rw9
They now report 105 arrests. 60 so far have been charged. They say: "The force is actively looking to make further arrests and will continue to gather evidence to do so."
Nottingham Riots: Canning Circus Police Stn Damage
Nottingham Riots: Boarding up + Police Standby
Riots spread to Nottingham [Nottingham Indymedia Feature]
Summer of Unrest: an indymedia overview of the 'riots' [UK Mayday Feature]
____________________________________________
ALAN LODGE
Photographer - Media: One Eye on the Road. Nottingham. UK
Email: tash@indymedia.org
Web: http://digitaljournalist.eu
Member of the National Union of Journalists [NUJ]
____________________________________________
"It is not enough to curse the darkness.
It is also necessary to light a lamp!!"
___________________________________________
<ends>
BBC Radio transmission mast destroyed by fire in Bristol
11-08-2011 15:42
As social war erupts in the UK, we torched a BBC Radio transmission mast in the early hours of August 11th 2011. The mast was located in the Bedminster Down area of Bristol and is managed by Arquiva.Video of PEDAL: London to the West Bank
11-08-2011 15:00
PEDAL finish work in the West Bank with Jordan Valley solidarity campaign and launch short video of their journeyMore tax breaks for the rich
11-08-2011 14:18
Another pleasant reminder today that we're all in this together. Father Christmas has surely come early for the super-rich, as shops hit by rioting, including those owned by the corporations that already 'manage' their tax bill down to virtually nothing and who are more than capable of taking this one on the chin, will receive substantial tax breaks.
