This morning the court granted Vestas PLC the possession order it sought for the factory where workers are currently in occupation fighting to save their jobs, and save the environment. There were suggestions about half an hour ago that bailiffs were already inside the building, which now seem to have been an attempt to demoralise the occupiers. However, this court decision means that the eviction is now imminent but the occupiers are not planning to give up. They now need all the support they can get. read full story / add a comment

The injunction to stop the Big Green Gathering cited the fact that the Big Green Gathering could not gain a Road Closure order in time for the event, despite the fact that the Highways Department had told the Big Green Gathering Chair, Brig Oubridge that it would be done. On Tuesday, 28th July, after the Big Green Gathering had been forced to cancel the event, a staff member found the Road Closure Order by a hedge on the Cheddar Road and subsequently another was found still pinned to a gatepost. Other signs appeared to have been taken down and evidence of the silver tape was still in place read full story / add a comment

Can local action groups realistically fight the vested interests of the government and developers in order to save our green spaces? read full story / add a comment

Press reports state that eight workers at Hinkley Point B nuclear power station in Somerset had to receive radiation decontamination treatment last week following an incident. read full story / add a comment

In the UK we throw away 1 million tonnes of old clothes and textiles each year. Over 7.5 billion articles of clothing go into our dustbins every year, with most ending up in landfill. Don’t throw it – swap it!

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Following a message to the Big Green Gathering Facebook group members that as well as mentioning the closure of the Big Green also highlighted the suspician that the shutting down of the event had been a political move on the part of the police, under instructions from higher up the command chain, people then went to the Avon & Somerset Constabulary Facebook group page to complain, and the BGG group was subsequently shut down by Facebook. read full story / add a comment

VESTAS WORKERS AND “GREEN JOBS” CAMPAIGNERS HECTOR MILIBAND IN OXFORD read full story / add a comment

BNP fuhrer Nick Griffin claims he was assaulted after a pint of beer was thrown over him outside a pub in Gloucestershire read full story / add a comment

Climate Camp Cymru is one of three climate camps being organised in the UK and is the nearest to Bristol. So come along and join with others in opposing climate chaos and the expansion of new open cast coal mining. The camp will be held somewhere within easy travelling distance (by public bus) of Merthyr Tydfil railway station. The camp starts on Thursday 13th August and finishes on Sunday 16th. read full story / add a comment

The Big Green Gathering 2009, which was due to be held on Fernhill Farm from Wednesday 29th until Sunday 2nd has been today officially canceled after the directors decided to hand the licence for the event back to Mendip District Council, after they were threatened with the prospect of a High Court injunction being issued against the directors and owner of Fernhill Farm this coming Monday 27th. The licence was handed back to the directors on the legal advice that the Big Green would not have a chance of winning the High Court hearing.
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Mendip District Council have applied to the High Court in London for an injunction to stop the Big Green Gathering from going ahead, despite the fact that the Council granted a license for the Big Green Gathering on 30th June, 2009. read full story / add a comment

Brian Haw - day 2,970 of his magnificent protest!

Here are 13 photos (copyleft) of Brian Haw's continuing presence outside the Houses of Parliament.
These are good to see - 'Well done Brian'
While up at the G20, from Bristol, earlier this year the cops wouldn't allow me to walk from Trafalgar Square to Parliament Square where I wanted to leave my placard. So I got the bus instead and still visited Brian.
Well done again Brian for bringing SHAME TO ALL BRITISH MPs constantly ;-) read full story / add a comment

next full-meeting: Thurs 6th August @ Kebele, 14 Robertson Rd, Bristol. read full story / add a comment

Trinity Community Arts is set to launch its new programme of up-and-coming music events designed to promote the music talent in the city, putting Bristol even more firmly on the map as a strong provider of musical talent in the UK. read full story / add a comment

This is to clarify the details of the decommissioners Facebook group. Please circulate this info widely as growing support and awareness is important in the buildup to the courtcase.

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Good night out for a good cause read full story / add a comment

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Climate activists plan Wales’ first Climate Camp

Direct action camp to open near Merthyr, 13-16th August
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Killer Drones ' beyond the pale of human tolerance' says Judge

Lord Bingham, who retired last year as a senior law lord, said the aircraft could follow other weapons considered "so cruel as to be beyond the pale of human tolerance" in being consigned to the history books

meanwhile -

U.S. Drones Kill 45 in Pakistan

http://www.democracynow.org

9 July 2009

At least 45 people were killed Wednesday in two U.S. drone attacks in Pakistan’s South Waziristan region. It was the second consecutive day of U.S. drone attacks inside Pakistan and the sixth attack in just over two weeks.

EDO MBM

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Cornwall’s Eden Project is under sustained fire for supporting the French energy giant EDF Energy. EDF is promoting something called Team Green Britain Day, an annual event to promote a more sustainable lifestyle. The project is being promoted in association with the Eden Project to the surprise of environmentalists. read full story / add a comment

The Airbus A400M is a military transport turboprop plane designed to carry troops and equipment to war zones such as Afghanistan .

It can also be modified into a tanker to refuel fighter-jets, as shown in the picture provided.
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