Walking past the Wiverton road polling station this morning we were suprised to see that some people had already made their vote for police and crime commissioner. And here was us thinking nobody gave a fuck.

In yet another attack on the welfare of young adults the goverment have announced that a trial project will begin in Derby. This slave labour project will mean that any 18-24 year old who has been out of work for six months wiil be forced into work for 30 hours a week for their benefits along with 8 hours a week intensive job seeking.

the Sumac Centre 245 Gladstone Street, Nottingham. NG7 6HX

Ilkeston FC welcomed Fan owned football club FC United of Manchester on Saturday 10th Nov in a Northern Premier League match. Ilkeston FC saw one of its largest matchday crowds when FC United of Manchester visited for last Saturday’s Northern Premier League match.

Homes threat on green-belt land in RushcliffeFriday, November 09, 2012

Nottingham Post

By Emily Winsor

UP TO 9,600 homes could be built in the borough of Rushcliffe before 2026 – with half of them on green-belt land.

The plans are revealed in the latest draft local plan drawn up by Rushcliffe Borough Council, which has to find room for new homes to meet government targets.

The pla…

As has been reported elsewhere on this site, Council Leader, Jon Collins, and Berridge Councillor Toby Neale, were both very quick to say that the NCH housing scandal affair is all done and dusted, nothing to see here, etc. at a recent consultation meeting. However, new information obtained by what Neale referred to in disgust as "a certain website" (NCCLOLs) paints a rather different picture.

Mi…

Monday 5th November 2012

At 5.30pm the 4 Candidates attended hustings for the Police & Crime Commissioners job.

The Sumac Centre, 245 Gladstone Street, NG7 6HX

This the 6th Review covers developmnts in the stages reached for current and potential opencast site planning applications for the 14 known English sites the 2 known Scottish sites and the 5 known Welsh sites. In addition it provides a link to a study commissioned by the last government on what would be the effect of implementing a 'buffer zone' of various widths around potential opencast sites on…

Gift to the people of Nottingham and wise leader of The Party, Councillor Jon Collins, made a flawless appearance at a People's Consultation meeting in Hyson Green tonight. The leader's statesmanlike presence at a vibrant forum of democracy was praised by local party officials and humble residents alike. The only stain on the occasion was the presence of a rabble of anti-democracy nihilists who us…

AN "urgent review" of training for new Notts police recruits has been recommended, following a report on how the force operates stop and search powers.

It comes after research revealed that in the past three years, black people were around nine times more likely to be stopped and searched than white people. Asian people were around twice as likely to be stopped.

In July, the force started …

Autonomous Notts and Stop G8 team up to spread the word.

Job Centre pickets now and througout the winter.....read more

During the Saturday peak shopping time between 12:30 and 15:30, activists from Leicester Animal Rights offered an alternative to McBurgerCulture to shoppers in the form of vegan sweet and savoury snacks sourced from local independent health food shop "Current Affairs" all served with a side order of information leaflets. The stall was pitched directly outside the busy Highcross/clock tower branch …

A submission to a House of Commons Select Committee arguing for a toughening up of rules governing the siting of future opencast mines has been accepted as written evidence. The submission was made by the Loose Anti Opencast  Network  to the Communities and Local Government's Housing, Planning and Growth InquiryA press release below summarises some of the main points as well as providing a link to…

Nottingham Old Market Square

Today activists from Nottingham Animal Rights undertook a mammoth leaflet distribution exercise outside the McDonald's outlet on what is known to be one of the busiest high streets in the UK.

Join 100's of 1000's marching in London to protest against the stupidity of forced austerity for most of us whilst bankers still profit

Coach leaves Nottingham Royal Centre 8am on Saturday 27th October. Ticket cost: £7 unwaged/£14 waged. To Book a coach place, contact 07816 041 548 or email: nottingham@uaf.org.uk.

During the Saturday lunch time rush hours from 12:00 to 14:00, a group of activists spearheaded by Derby Animal Rights demo-ed the busy St. Peters street branch of McDonald's, in protest at the unethical business practices of the fast food giant.

11 Mansfield Road, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG1 3FB

Two more issues of the Forest Fields Fire have come out in the last three months, with another on it's way. The gift that keep on giving. 

The Sumac Centre, 245 Gladstone Street, Forest Fields

The Job Centre on Station Steet

The Space, Nottingham Contemporary, Weekday Cross, NG12GB 

Is so much opencast coal now needed?

Published: October 03, 2012 15:01 by Steve Leary