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…

Nottingham independent publishers, Five Leaves, initiated an open letter to Nottinghamshire County Council protesting its proposed library cutbacks. The letter was sent on Monday 25 October and was signed by 100 writers from the East Midlands. 

The County Council is proposing opening almost half of its 60 libraries for just eight to ten hours a week. They are also threatening to cut the am…

Nottinghamshire County Council announced plans to cut their adult social care budget by £72m over 4 years this week. The Tory-led Council said the cuts would be made to residential care homes, sheltered housing, women’s refuges and personal budgets for vulnerable people, and that the welfare rights service will be axed.

Newswire: Fuck austerity! Fight the cuts! | County Hall Attacked | Not…

Militants attacked Nottinghamshire County Hall in West Bridgford last night. "Fuck austerity!" and "Fight the cuts!" were painted on walls and £10,000 of damage was done to windows. In an anonymous communique published on Indymedia, they claim that they will "continue to attack in solidarity with all those who are abused by goverments and banks in the name of capitalism".