Nottingham Indymedia: 'media'

The demise of the Nottingham (Evening) Post

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 11:57:47 +0000

The beginning of March saw the publication of Audit Bureau of Circulations figures, which showed the sales of regional daily papers. Nearly all of these papers are suffering from falling circulation, but the biggest faller is local rag the Nottingham Post.

Media Student gets his seized tape back

Sat, 03 Dec 2011 13:49:00 +0000

Friday 2 December 2011

Good news! It has been returned to him.

On 21st November, a police officer had seized a video tape from media student Lewis Stainer while he was covering events around the occupation camp in Market Square. The police claimed they could seize it under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 [section 19] since it contained 'evidence' of crime.

Student photographer hassled by Notts Police

Sat, 03 Dec 2011 10:29:19 +0000

On Monday 21st November, Lewis Stainer, a student photographer covering the occupation in Market Square, witnessed the arrest of someone from the camp. He attempted to video the arrest and was promptly intimidated into handing over the video tape. After pressure from the National Union of Journalists and extensive publicity Notts Police agreed to hand back the video footage.

On the newswire: Media Student gets his seized tape back | Student photographer interviews on tape still held | BBC Radio Nottingham Interview | Student Photographer’s material taken by police | Photography Advice and guidance

BBC coverage of Ratcliffe Trial

Wed, 24 Nov 2010 18:44:02 +0000

The BBC have outdone themselves with their report on the opening of the Ratcliffe trial, claiming, "More than 1,000 people took part in the protest at the Nottinghamshire plant." (I append a screenshot in case they get around to correcting the article.)

Nottinghamshire Police Media Guidelines

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:42:21 +0000

Years after their issue to all serving police officers in Nottinghamshire, I am still finding that most officers don't know of their provison or of the nature of agreements already made with police management.