Nottinghamshire Newswire Archive

Eight people were found not guilty by Derby Magistrates Court today. They were arrested after blocking the main gates of Rolls Royce marine power operations limited with two quarter of a ton concrete blocks for several hours in April this year. Two other protestors who blocked a second gate were found guilty.

2 gueilty as thet were on rolls royce car park chained up 8 others not guielty of crossing red line .still a win for the cause .

On Thursday 23rd October, I attended the Nottingham Crown Court to hear the appeal against conviction of Henry Twigger.

On the 6th April 2008, Henry had initially painted graffiti on the Army Careers Office at the Victoria Centre, in Milton Street, Nottingham. He did so while wearing a hi-vis vest and was unmasked. His choice of slogans included "War 4 Oil" & "Terrorists join here" on the front of the building in red paint.

Calling on all readers with an environmental conscience to attend this meeting to show your support to giving coal the boot.

To Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Nottingham CND is holding an evening of Lively Music, Poetry and Prose

'LOOKING INTO THE CRISIS' is a new audio-based initiative to help us explore and disseminate knowledge about current economic issues.

There's some special events coming up, including...

Conkers!
Friday 24 October @ The Sumac
Bring your conkers for a Conker face off at the Sumac Centre. Live music from fast folky band Bendigo DC + DJs

About the planning application Rolls Royce Raynesway have in to rebuild the nuclear fuel manufacturing plant and nuclear test reactor on the same site which is on a zone 3a flood plain.

'What is Global Ethics?' by Kimberly Hutchings from the London School of Economics which will take place Monday 27th October from 4.00-5.30pm in the Conference Suite, University Staff Club, University Park Campus, University of Nottingham. The lecture is part of the 'Open Seminar Series' organised by the Centre for the Study of Social and Global Justice (CSSGJ).

On Monday 20th October the annual AISEC Careers fair commenced at Nottingham University, featuring many organisations with despicable or at least dubious ethical credentials and social-responsibility records, including BAE Systems, Rolls-Royce, Qinetiq, E.On, BP, RBS, MoD and the army. The fair also featured some student activists and Grim Reapers who had made an appearance in order to remind fellow students of the deadly consequences of working in the arms trade or climate change industry.

On visiting this afternoon, we asked staff about the rumours that we had heard about closure. It turns out it had been an intense week at the Chase Neighbourhood Centre in St.Anns.

According to the Evening Post, Nottinghamshire may soon have a directly elected mayor. This might be a very bad idea.

An animal rights campaigner from Nottingham charged with breaching a seal exclusion zone in Canada was acquitted on Friday. Mark Glover, who is a member of the Carlton-based group Respect for Animals, was one of five activists arrested while filming the annual Canadian seal hunt and accused of violating a condition of their observation licenses which required that they remain at least 10m from sealing activity.

Preliminary report on trial of anti-Trident protesters charged with blockading Rolls Royce's Raynesway factory in Derby. Rolls Royce make the nuclear propulsions systems and fuel rods for nuclear submarines, including the Trident nuclear missile-armed Vanguard class based at Faslane in Scotland.

Yesterday, University and Colleges Union (UCU) members were on strike at Nottingham Trent University (NTU). Notts Indymedia interviewed the chair of NTU UCU, Brian Ward, to find out what's happening.

A new open cast coal mine site is about to get underway in beautiful Derbyshire unless we stop it now.

To combat open cast mining "Leave it in the Ground" supported by Earth First! invites you to a second Picnic in the Park for a mass trespass to see it before the destruction starts, meet the locals and have fun. So come and Discover Derbyshire!

Hot on the heels of October’s 27th annual Anarchist Bookfair, this coming Tuesday sees the second Sumac Debate; a focus on anarchist politics and organising as we move into a phase of economic instability and increasing state control.

Jane Mary Mutetsi has left the UK
She was removed last Thursday to Uganda, there was a problem at the airport in Entebbe because she is a Rwandan citizen and the authorities at the airport wanted to return her to the UK because she had no documents entitling her to be in Uganda. Jane Mary was very tired and had a headache throughout her flight, and so mentioned to the authorities that all her children are in Uganda and she was allowed into the country after some discussions. She was also asked why she had been sent back from the UK but apparently one of her escorts told them that her visa had expired and as she is unwell she wanted to go home. At the moment she is safe and well.
Friends of Jane Mary Mutetsi, thank all those who fought to keep Jane Mary in the UK
 http://www.ncadc.org.uk/archives/filed%20newszines/newszine89/JaneMary.html

demo due at 6.45 am to support prottesters who will be there before they go to court .for an earlier prottest .this one is legal watched by police /

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