London Newswire Archive

17-08-2007 23:48 | 1 addition

SOCPA - assaults and arrests tonight at parliament square

aqil shaer, a long-standing supporter of brian was viciously assaulted and arrested by the known thuggish parliamentary policeman nicknamed 'fatgut'. another unknown man was arrested by police after assaulting brian's supporter 'barbara tucker'. Read more >>

17-08-2007 22:48

Witness/photographs/videos of FIT at camp needed

During the last few days there has been lots of people who have witnessed and documented the actions of the FIT Teams and FIT Watch, mainly around the entrance to camp, whose evidence could help court cases. Read more >>

17-08-2007 22:22

Defusing The Methane Timebomb

Methane may one day lead this planet to catastrophe, but it could also be a way of giving us a bit more time to prevent catastrophe. This article will tell you (almost) everything you need to know about methane, and how it can be controlled.
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17-08-2007 19:15

Police on PeeWatch at Climate Camp

A first timer at Climate Camp discovers that eco loos aren't safe from the zoom lens of an overbearing and intimidating police operation Read more >>

17-08-2007 17:43

Leaving on a Jet Plane video of a Plane Stupid performance

This is a song sung to the arriving mainstream journos and climate campers. Complete with drunk pilot the performers are rocking it out here in a retro jet style. Read more >>

17-08-2007 17:37

Polar Bear on the Climate Camp site

It's a polar bear on the climate camp. Check out the short video. Read more >>

17-08-2007 17:31

Funny video of mainstream media at the Climate Camp

This video shows a video activist talking to the mainstream media at the Climate Camp. But it looks like there's a bit of lost paperwork! Read more >>

17-08-2007 16:49 | 6 additions

Campaigners Occupy XL Airways Offices in Crawley

16:30 Friday 17th August 2007

Ten campaigners have just occupied the offices of XL Airways, a private charter company based in Crawley. One person is locked on inside the building and others are inside leafleting workers.

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17-08-2007 15:54 | 2 additions

SOCPA - pics of this morning's parliament square raid

when brown seized power he promised a lifting of socpa conditions on the right to protest near parliament. today, in preparation for the visit of nelson mandela, his henchmen helped ken livingston's henchmen to crack down even more on brian haw's protest, forcing their support tents into an impossibly small area in another expensive police operation. Read more >>

17-08-2007 15:45 | 1 addition

WMD in Aldermaston, not Iraq: Protest at East London Court

Peace campaigners demonstrated outside Stratford Magistrates’ Court in east London on Thursday 16th August as a local activist surrendered to a no bail arrest warrant received two weeks previously. Read more >>

17-08-2007 15:38

Local Scouts visit Climate Camp + other photos

Today, Friday 17th August, several local groups toured the climate camp, along with several local residents who moved onto the site to camp.

One group was a local scout group with some of them doing their environment badge. They came for a tour around the infrastructure including the solar showers, compost toilets, solar panels, wind generators and power providers, the indymedia computer tent and rinky dink the pedal powered bicycle sound system. Living locally their homes are under threat from the Heathrow airport expansion.

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17-08-2007 15:18 | 1 addition

Climate Camp YouTube videos

Easily viewable flash vdersion of climate camp video uploaded to Indymedia. Read more >>

17-08-2007 14:42

More pics from today's DfT protest

Climate consultants bring the spirit of the Camp to central London Read more >>

17-08-2007 14:14

Going Green- Climate camp takes place.

From the 13th to the 21st of August 2007, a climate change camp took place in Heathrow to protest about the changes of climate and global warming. Environmental activists have been protesting together, on the issue of the increasingly worrying climate change. Read more >>

17-08-2007 13:48

No Borders Camp Meeting 4

The next meeting of a campaign to oppose the construction of a new immigration detention centre at Gatwick Read more >>

17-08-2007 13:44

S.O.S. - The Met are raiding and removing tents of supporters of Brian Haw

http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/content/webcams/546501.shtml Read more >>

17-08-2007 13:34

Update Parliament Square Camp Eviction

Huge fence put up around tents. Brain and supporters (Maria and Gary) are currently imprisoned within the fence. Read more >>

17-08-2007 13:23

What's the Home Office motive for trying to remove so many to the DR Congo now?

Over the last week a number of refused asylum seekers from DR Congo, have been rounded up and detained and have been given, "removal directions" for Thursday 30th August on flight number PVT616 [A 'Charter flight]. Others have "removal directions" for Monday 20th August. Read more >>

17-08-2007 12:33

UK Bangladeshis robbed via '1st. Solution', let down by diplomatic mission in UK

The UK Bangladeshis who have been robbed of their money by a group of perpetrators operating under the front 'First Solution' that had been based near the East London Mosque in Whitechapel Road London E1, had been promised help by the current, care-taker regime in Bangladesh. To date, the victims have not received any help if it is defined by their having received the money back. Why? Is the current care-taker administration in Dhaka, the capital city in Bangladesh, being fully informed by their UK diplomatic mission based in London? Or are there other players and factors involved? Read more >>

17-08-2007 12:19

Campers Glue on to DfT

9 became 10 today as a passing pedestrian joined Climate Camp supporters in a Department for Transport lock on.

Smartly dressed campers arrived at the DfT just after 8am as workaholic transport fans were scurrying to their desks.

Five superglued themselves to he doors and two to each other, jamming the revolving doors shut whilst two more occupied the roof of the doorway with a sign reading "No Airport Expansion".
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