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Peace Supper for Drones Week of Action

October 10, 2012 18:30

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Nottingham Friends Meeting House, 25 Clarendon Street, Nottingham, NG1 5JD

Maya Evans: 'Afghanistan and Drone Wars'

October 02, 2012 18:00

Room LG9, Trent Building, University Park, Nottingham

Concern for Animals Friendship Lunch

July 22, 2012 12:30

Nottingham friends meeting house

25a Clarendon Street

NOTTINGHAM

NG1 5JD

New Health Risks Associated with Opencast Mining

The June Review of Developments affecting Opencast Mining from the Loose Anti Opencast Network provides new evidence that Surface Mine workers in the USA contract 'Black Lung' disease. Secondly it reviews recent developments in Carbon Capture and Storage in the UK and lastly updates what the situation is on prospective and actual opencast sites in England.

NCCLols: When personal data is not 'personal data'

About a year ago I revealed that enforcement of the Workplace Parking Levy would involve officers in a vehicle equipped with Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) tech touring the car parks of Nottingham, recording the registration numbers of cars parked there to determine how many spaces are being used by people working there. I suggested that this was a bit dodgy because, arguably such ac…

World Day

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Today in Birmingham, thousands of animal rights protesters (including groups from both Derby and Nottingham) gathered to march as part of World Day for Animals In Laboratories.

Occupy Nottingham General Assembly

April 27, 2012 18:00

Meet at the Left Lion

Occupy Notingham Withdrawal Announcement 21.04.12

As of 9:00 pm Sunday 21 April Occupy Nottingham will end their occupation of Nottingham's Market Place after 190 days.

Occupy Anniversary Saturday 14th April

April 14, 2012 12:00

The Old Market Square

Occupy Nottingham Call Out

Occupy is essentially a think tank for the generation of ideas through public discourse and debate, to enable social, economical and environmental change, it is also an umbrella type group for all causes, groups and people, linking and bringing them together in common cause. All opinions and policies of Occupy are made by group consensus. The first true Peoples Democracy of Nottingham has begun at…

Occupy Nottingham Press Release 06/04/12

Following the hearing on 5th April Occupy Nottingham are very pleased with the result achieved so far with a three week adjournment before a three day trial begins on 30th April.

This means they will be celebrating their six month anniversary on the Market Square on 15th April.

Judge Inglis ruled that all of the Councils allegations attempting to link incidents external to the camp being a…

Nott'm Quakers Announce support for Occupy Notts

Quakers in Nottingham have made a public declaration of support for the protestors.

Occupy Nottingham Press Release

Court hearing now adjourned until 5th April

Occupy Nottingham Call Out

March 10, 2012 12:00

Occupy Nottingham, The Market Square

Occupy Notts Questions to the Council

These questions relating to important issues in our city, have been waiting to be presented in person to the council when, they actually meet with representatives from Occupy Nottingham for open dialogue to discuss the reason we are here... we are still waiting!

Nottm & Notts KONP Post Card Handover

March 10, 2012 11:45

Beeston Library Car Park

Foster Avenue

Beeston NG9 1AE

 

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Petition against council decision to evict Occupy

We have set up an internet petition about the council's eviction of the Occupy Camp from the Market Square.

Occupy Nottingham Common Statement

This initial statement was collectively agreed by over 500 people on the steps of St Paul's on 16th October 2011. Point 8 was added by the Occupy London General Assembly on 19th November 2011. After ammending point 6, Occupy Nottingham collectively agreed to fully adopt the entire 'common statement', at the General Assembly on 25th January 2012.

Community Outreach and Social Evening

February 28, 2012 19:00

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Sneinton Hermitage Community Centre

Sneinton Boulevard

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Occupy Notts Statement re the council 28/02/12

Occupy Nottingham were served yesterday with notice to leave within 7 days, before eviction papers are served by the council.

There is no valid need nor reason at all for the council to evict Occupy Notingham, a deal had been mutually agreed upon provisionally by representatives of both parties, & actions were being taken to set it that in motion & to show good faith.

The deal which would be a s…

KONP Stall Beeston

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Keep Our NHS Public Campaigners held a stall in Beeston on Saturday 25th of February. 

Big Brother Watch: Councils spend £0.5bn on CCTV

Our latest report highlights the cost to local authorities of their CCTV operations – £515m in the past four years.

There are now at least 51,600 CCTV cameras controlled by local authorities, with five councils now operating more than 1,000 cameras. In comparison, £515m would put an extra 4,121 police constables on the streets – the equivalent of Northumbria police’s entire force.

Lei…

News burst from Veggies

14 news items from test tube burgers & GM wheat to latest report on Food and the Climate ...

Prof David Nutt Lecture at University of Derby

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Wednesday 11 January 2012

At 6.30pm on Wednesday evening, I was pleased to attend a lecture by one of my heros, Professor. David Nutt in the series "Scientists In The Firing Line".  

Nottinghamshire Police Helicopter Unit Operations

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Wednesday 7 December 2011

Nottinghamshire Police Helicopter was on operations this afternoon.  Working at quite low levels over the Mapperley area of Nottingham, it was there for quite a long period. [don't know if they got their man].

 

Pinning of the Declaration

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We the Citizens of the City of Nottingham pin our declaration to the Council House.

Luddites 200th Celebration

November 04, 2011 19:00

SUMAC Centre

245 Gladstone Street

Nottingham

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24 hour occupation of Nottingham Market Square

October 15, 2011 15:00

Nottingham Old Market Square

Workplace Parking Levy to use ANPR

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Andy at NCCLOLs has found out that the Workplace Parking Levy (WPL) will be enforced using a vehicle equipped with Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR). This will drive into the car parks of all workplaces in Nottingham City Centre recording the registrations of all the vehicles parked there, 8 times in every 28 days. This data will then be analysed to work out which vehicles are normally par…