Police Review Item this week:  

Start from outside the Victoria Centre clocktower, off Milton St in the town centre.

Start from outside the Victoria Centre clocktower, off Milton St in the town centre.

Start from outside the Victoria Centre clocktower, off Milton St in the town centre.

Start from Market Square, bike stands at opposite end from Council House.

Start from outside the Victoria Centre clocktower, off Milton St in the town centre.

Shell Petrol Station, Carlton Rd, Nottingham, NG3 2NJ

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Friday 29th July 2011

Critical Mass is a monthly bike ride [meeting at 5.30pm on the last friday of every month] They now start from outside the Victoria Centre clocktower, off Milton Street in the city centre.

Peace News Campers, including some from the Nottingham area, visited Huntington Lane anti-UK Coal protest site in Shropshire at the weekend. The site urgently needs solidarity as it is threatened with imminent eviction.

UK Coal is up to no good in Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire. Last year it got permission to mine under Sherwood Forest and was also involved in the recently rejected incinerato…

Start from outside the Victoria Centre clocktower, off Milton St in the town centre.

Start from outside the Victoria Centre clocktower, off Milton St in the town centre.

After a long break, Nottingham Critical Mass is going to be up and running (well cycling) again this month. It's a mass cycle ride, with no particular route except where we want to go, that will happen on the last Friday of every month. Meet at 5.30pm on Friday 29th July, by the Victoria Centre clocktower to enjoy a fun and sociable bike ride.

The convictions of 20 climate activists were quashed by the Court of Appeal on Wednesday. The 20 had been convicted of conspiracy to commit aggravated trespass at Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station, in December last year. However, revelations about the withholding of evidence gathered by undercover police officer Mark Kennedy led to the Director of Public Prosecutions requesting an independent re…

On 20 July convictions against 20 climate activists were quashed by the UK Court of Appeal after it was revealed that key evidence was deliberately withheld from their trial.

Power station convictions quashed

Posted on 19th July 2011 14:54

The convictions of 20 climate change activists who were found guilty of planning to break into Ratcliffe on Soar power station have today been quashed by the Court of Appeal.

Appeal court judges ruled the convictions were unsafe and said they would give their full reasons for the decision tomorrow morning (Wed 20 July).

Following…

8.00pm Thursday 14th July 2011

The Reverend Billy & the Earthaloojah Choir performed to a packed house at the Sumac Centre in Nottingham.

4.00pm Thursday 14th July 2011

outside the McDonald's, St Peters Gate

There was a free food give-away in Nottingham City Centre, outside the McDonald's at St Peters Gate.

AMC gardens, Kirkby Gardens, the Meadows - see http://www.amcgardens.co.uk/

Crocus Cafe, Unit 2 Church Square (off Church Street), Lenton, Nottingham, NG7 1SL

Campaigners have lost their battle to prevent an opencast mine from going ahead in north west Leicestershire.

UK Coal's planning application to extract 1.5 million tonnes of coal and fireclay from its Minorca site, in Measham, over three years, was approved at County Hall ye…

If you grew up in Notts and don’t partake in meat, you probably owe a huge debt to Patrick Smith. Why? Because he’s spent three decades as a vegan activist while slinging veggie burgers from a van in town, back in the day when ‘vegetarian option’ meant ‘just chips’. Now operating his veggie business out of the Sumac Centre in Forest Fields, he talks about a meat-free career, the Ra…

The Guardian has today published 3 articles about Mark Kennedy: 

Police knew about plans for Ratcliffe-on-Soar break-in before most activists 

 http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jun/07/mark-kennedy-ratcliffe-on-soar 

Police spying: secret tapes that put CPS on the spot 

 http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/jun/07/mark-kennedy-police-spy-secret-tapes 

Mark Kennedy c…

Leicestershire County Council has announced that a decision on whether UK Coal's application for an opencast mine on the Minorca site can go ahead will be made on Thursday 23rd June. The Minorca Opencast Protest Group in, PR 104, gives more information on this and what MOPG is planning to do to prevent this application from succeeding.

Campaigners from People Against Incineration were celebrating after rejection of plans for an incinerator on the site of Rufford Colliery. Notts County Council's planning inspector recommended planning permission be refused for Veolia's plans to build an incinerator. Harm to local birdlife was cited as a reason.

The Council have a £850m PFI contract with Veolia involving the building of incinerat…

Sunday 22 May 2011

The 20th Green Festival, Arboretum Park. Nottingham

The Great British (animal exploiting) Circus is coming to Nottingham again from 10th to 22nd May

The Minorca Opencast Protest Group, in it's latest press release, again makes clear the need for a Banker's Guarantee to cover the proposed community benefits in case Leicestershire County Council grant planning permission for an opencast mine on the Minorca site in Leicestershire. This is because the company concerned has slipped even further into debt.

"Sabbing in the North East & East Midlands this season has been fantastic. Numbers of sabs has gone through the roof – we're usually a 20-30+ strong group now, and when we've met with others from further afield there's been 60+ of us! The Manchester group has been revived and has become a strong ally in the battle to protect wildlife & we've even got a sizable Doncaster contingent now." (Nort…

Power station protesters urged to appeal

Posted on 18th April 2011 15:30

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has today invited lawyers representing 20 people convicted of protests at Ratcliffe on Soar power station, to appeal those convictions.

Keir Starmer QC, acting on advice from an independent barrister who has reviewed the case, believes there may be grounds to appeal.

He said: “Hav…

The Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer QC, has written to the legal representatives of 20 protestors convicted of conspiracy to commit aggravated trespass after a protest at Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station, inviting them to appeal the convictions.

On 28 January 2011, Mr Starmer asked Clare Montgomery QC to review the case of those protestors convicted in December last year. Ms Montgo…