Skip to content or view screen version

UK Promoted Newswire Archive

Full article

Tescos every little Hurts!!!

01-08-2009 09:09

Tescos & Worthing Borough Council agree to development of Titnore Woods!

Full article

This Week in Palestine -Week 31 2009

31-07-2009 15:55

Audio

Welcome to This Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for July 25th to the 31st, 2009.

Full article | 1 comment

“Save Vestas” 4th Plinth Protest, London – Pix-&-Vidz

31-07-2009 13:15

A1. One Woman Protest in the Belly of the Beast
Dateline: 4th Plinth, Trafalgar Square, London, UK, 05:00-06:00, Fri 31 Jul 09 – Gerry Byrne makes best use of her one hour stint on the 4th Plinth, as a part of Antony Gormley's One & Other art project, by staging a one woman “Save Vestas – Save Jobs – Save the World” protest, coping as best she can with a bunch drunk, abusive, foul-mouthed, profoundly ignorant, laddish twenty-somethings that comprised the majority of her audience.

Full article | 4 comments

Two Irish Anti-Shell Campaigners Jailed for Civil Disobedience

31-07-2009 02:30

--- Eight and four month sentences show dramatic increase in repression ---

Shell to Sea campaigners Maura Harrington and Niall Harnett were sentenced to four and eight months in jail respectively at Bellmulet district court today. Both protesters have been convicted for taking action as part of a campaign of peaceful civil disobedience against the ill-fated Corrib Gas Project. Maura was given her four month sentence under Section 8 of the Public Order Act; 'failing to comply with the directions of a Garda'. The sentence was handed down in relation to an incident that occurred duing a protest at Shell's 'landfall' compound gate on 30th August 2008. Niall was sentenced to eight months in relation to two separate incidents. He was given a four month sentence under Section 8 of the Public order act, and another four months under Section 2, for the supposed assault of a Garda.

Full article | 3 comments

Daring Action Gets Supplies To Vestas Workers Occupation

30-07-2009 15:53

A group of twenty people successfully brought vital supplies into the Vestas wind turbine factory on the Isle of Wight this afternoon, to the whoops and cheers of the occupying workers.

Full article

Palestine Today 073009

30-07-2009 15:26

Audio

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org for Thursday July 30th 2009.

Full article

Palestine Today 072909

29-07-2009 15:13

Audio

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org for Wednesday July 29th 2009.

Full article | 1 comment

Forced photographs of all migrants in Calais 'jungle'

29-07-2009 11:47

*Wednesday 29th July (12.30pm)

Around 9.00am this morning police surrounded the Pashtun (Afghan) 'jungle' and they forced all migrants to be photographed one by one and in groups.

"There are always CRS (riot) police coming to the 'jungles' in groups of about 20 at a time. Some sneak in through the trees, and then everyone is shouting 'police in the jungle'"

Thursdays are a common day for increased police raids so this may be a preparation.

Full article | 1 comment

Smash EDO - Open letter to The Argus

29-07-2009 10:12

AN OPEN INVITATION TO SMASH EDO'S PUBLIC DEBATE: IS BREAKING THE LAW TO RESIST WAR CRIMES EVER JUSTIFIED?

Full article | 2 comments

2nd London Vestas Occupation Solidarity Demo – Pix-&-Vidz

29-07-2009 08:32

A1. Vestas Occupation Solidarity Demonsration No.2, DECC, London – Tue 28 Jul 09
Dateline: Vestas Occupation Solidarity Demo No.2, Department of Energy & Climate Change, London, UK, 18:30, Tue 28 Jul 09 – On the eve of Danish wind energy corporation Vestas seeking an eviction order at Newport County Court, Isle of Wight, to turf out the Workers Factory Occupation which is opposing 625 green job redundancies, hundreds of people protested against the pathetic shoulder-shrugging inaction of Climate Change minister Ed Miliband.

Full article

Third Attempt to Remove Jean-Baptiste Bassime

29-07-2009 07:10

Jean-Baptiste Foukong Bassime
Jean-Baptiste Foukong Bassime a national of Cameroon and resident of Birmingham. Currently detained in Dungavel IRC, and due to be forcibly removed from UK to Cameroon on Sunday 2nd August 2009 @ 20:00hrs on Kenya Airways flight KQ101 to Nairobi and then Kenya Airlines Flight KQ524 to Cameroon.

Full article

Vestas Solidarity Protest @ DECC, 28th July 2009

29-07-2009 02:00

Crowd massed opposite DECC
Demonstration called by Campaign Against Climate Change and RMT in support of workers occupying the Vestas wind turbine factory on the Isle of Wight outside Department for Energy and Climate Change in London.

Full article

We want Mira to Stay in Leeds, where she belongs

28-07-2009 12:55

Myroslava Muronyuk
Myroslava (Mira) Muronyuk, a national of Ukraine and resident of Leeds, currently detained in Yarl's Wood IRC. Is due to be forcibly removed from the UK on British Airways flight BA0882, on Friday 31st July @ 09:45 to Kiev, Ukraine.

Full article

Palestine Today 072709

27-07-2009 15:52

Audio


Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org for Monday July 27th 2009.