Merseyside Police Versus Freedom Of Speech
11 Oct 2008
An entirely legal demonstration in solidarity with international Freedom Not Fear day was disrupted and halted in Liverpool this afternoon, and two arrests were made.

Critical Mass September
10 Oct 2008
After many months of unwanted police presence, the Critical Mass last 26 of September, took place with no police presence at all.Highlights of the evening were ruder taxi drivers than usual (with the punctual provoked ?accident?) and a police attack between Victoria Street and Buckingham Palace Road.London Critical Mass takes place every last Friday of each month. There is also a South London Critical Mass that takes place on the first Friday of each month.Reports… 1 | 2| 3|

Amdani, Mustafa and Selina are still here
9 Oct 2008
The past few weeks have seen a flurry of activity in anti-deportation campaigns in the city. Neither Selina Adda’s family or Mustafa have been deported, although their statuses are still uncertain. Selina and family are back in Nottingham to continue their campaign for the right to stay. Mustafa remains in detention whilst fresh representations to the Home Office are considered.It has also been announced that Nottingham refugee Amdani Juma’s Judicial Review of his case is approaching. The Friends of Amdani are holding a rally in support of his right to stay on Saturday.Newswire: Demonstrate for Amdani Juma’s right to stay | Amdani Juma: No Let up in Local Support as Hearing Date Set | URGENT - Stop the deportation of Mustafa! | Mustafa Belongs to Nottingham | Amdani’s Judicial Review | Sanctuary for Brian, Chelsea & SelinaPrevious Features: Anti-deportation campaign for Notts family | Campaign Victories As Hich And Amdani Are Released On Bail | Nottingham Protests in Support of Detained ResidentLinks: No Borders Nottingham | National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns | Nottingham and Notts Refugee Forum | Notts Indymedia Migration topic page

Brighton bomb factory clash ahead
8 Oct 2008
A SHOW of strength by the police is expected by anti-war protesters gathering in Brighton on Wednesday October 15.A mass demo against the South Coast city’s weapons factory, EDO-MBM/ITT, is being staged and after the success of the last one, cops are thought to be planning a hardline approach.Since 2001 over a million people have been killed worldwide by the US-UK War of Terror. EDO MBM/ITT supply weapons components for the US-UK war machine. Smash EDO has been campaigning for four and a half years to close down EDO.The movement is growing – in June this year over 600 people came from around the country to the ?Carnival Against the Arms Trade?. The Carnival managed to reach the Brighton bomb factory despite police attempts to stop it!

Shut ITT!
7 Oct 2008
Every bomb that is dropped and every bullet that is fired in the name of this war of terror has to be made somewhere and wherever that is it can be resisted…Since 2001 over a million people have been killed worldwide by the US-UK War of Terror. EDO MBM/ITT supply weapons components for the US-UK war machine. Smash EDO has been campaigning for four and a half years to close down EDO.The movement bagainst EDO MBM/ITT is growing, in June this year over 600 people came from around the country to the ?Carnival Against the Arms Trade? . The Carnival managed to reach the Brighton bomb factory despite police attempts to corral the marchOn October 15th Smash EDO are planning another mass demonstration against the Brighton bomb builders.Resources: Webpage for the Shut ITT Demonstration – Info on accomodation and transport | Open Letter to Sussex Police | More Info about the Smash EDO Campaign (pdf) | Info about the Merger with ITT (pdf)Links: Smash EDO | EDO MBM | Smash EDO Indymedia topic pagePrevious features: Smash EDO Carnival Against the Arm Trade – Timeline | Carnival Against the Arms Trade | Marie Vesco RIP |On the Verge – The Film They Tried to Ban |Singers Arrested Outside Arms Factory | Smash EDO Action Camp: Shut down the Brighton bomb builders | Lebanon War protesters – Not Guilty! | EDO CORP: 2006 Alternative Report | 2007 Is The Year To Shut EDO Down | EDO MBM Injunction crumbles | EDO MBM desperate to stop protests as resistance increases | Smash EDO Take On The Law | Harassment Law Used Against Anti-War Campaigners | Campaign to Smash Edo | Arms company shut down

Anti-deportation campaign for Notts family
1 Oct 2008
A popular family from Wilford had their home raided by immigration police on Monday. Brian, Chelsea and their mother Selina Adda from Ghana are now being held in Yarl’s Wood IRC and due to be forcibly removed from the UK on Friday 3rd October on British Airways flight BA81 @ 14:15hrs from terminal 5 Heathrow to Accra, Ghana.Selina came to the UK seeking asylum from a forced marriage to a man from another culutre in Ghana. Her sister recently committed suicide and she has no remaining friends and family in Ghana. The family’s friends and asylum campaigners have begun a campaign to ensure that they stay in Nottingham.Newswire: Sanctuary for Brian, Chelsea & SelinaPrevious Features: Protests in Nottingham as Zimbabwe Goes to the Polls | Campaign Victories As Hich And Amdani Are Released On Bail | Nottingham Protests in Support of Detained ResidentLinks: Nottingham and Notts Refugee Forum | National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns | Notts Indymedia Migration topic page

Carmel-Agrexco shut down as part of ‘Boycott Israeli Goods’ week of action
27 Sep 2008
Human rights activists shut down the Carmel-Agrexco depot in Hayes, Middlesex, for 12 hours on 28 September, 2008, as part of a week of action called by the Boycott Israeli Goods campaign. Both gates to the depot were blocked, with four protesters locking themselves inside a cage blocking one gate, while another was D-locked to the other. At least 14 trucks were prevented from entering the premises during the day. One protester was arrested for ‘obstruction of the highway’. The day before, at about 3:30am, activists with tipper trucks had dumped builders rubble across both gates of the depot. Protests against the sale of Israeli produce from occupied Palestinian land also took place outside supermarkets around the country, which account for 60% of Carmel-Agrexco’s total exports.Previous Actions: Carmel Agrexco’s Depot Shut Down in Commemoration of the Nakba | Fortress Carmel Agrexco breached by Peace Activists | Video – Carmel Agrexco protest during Camp for Climate Action | Weekend of Action Against Carmel Agrexco | Activists Blockade Carmel-Agrexco’s UK Headquarters for the Third Time | International Actions against Israeli ApartheidFurther reading: Text of letter to Carmel-Agrexco | Report on Carmel’s involvement in the Jordan Valley | War on Want’s report: Profiting from the OccupationLinks: Palestine Solidarity Campaign | The Big Campaign

The Library House
27 Sep 2008
Very near Myatts Fields and not far Laughborough Junction station, the Library House stands right behind Minet Library (and it looks like it used to be part of the library services but left empty?).It is run by a group of local south londoners that are currently fixing it up and already dreaming and preparing events. It aims to be an open house for the local community, and right now lots of work is going on, specially to sort out the electricity.Report on the occupation Opening Announcement

Suffragettes interrupt the Energy Minister in preparation for the Climate Rush
27 Sep 2008
Seven young women dressed as Suffragettes with red sashes that read: CLIMATE CODE RED and NO NEW COAL interrupted Energy Question Time at the Labour Party Conference on Saturday 20 September.They challenged Malcolm Wicks MP, Energy Minister, to defend his decision to build a new coal-fired power station at Kingsnorth. They were asked to leve but confronted him again as he left the conference room.

Pall Mall protest in solidarity with National Physical Laboratory cleaners
26 Sep 2008
Activists picketed the Institute of Directors on Pall Mall this lunchtime to protest against the suspension of cleaners working for Amey PLC at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) in Teddington. Pots and pans, dustbin lids, whistles and voices created a wall of noise outside the ?Nanofinance 2008? event, held at the Institute and attended by representatives of the NPL, as activists handed out leaflets and talked to participants, including NPL staff, some of who expressed solidarity with the cleaners.

Birmingham School rejects ARK as Academy sponsor
15 Sep 2008
The Governing Body and the Head Teacher at Harborne Hill School, Birmingham, have rejected Absolute Return for Kids (ARK), the controversial sponsors of the proposed Harborne Academy, from taking over their school. The Governing Body unanimously voted to stop ARK after it emerged that they were intent on destroying vital educational ties with local partnerships and organisations built up by the school over years. They were also shocked to find out that, despite Birmingham City Council saying that staff terms and conditions were ?sacrosanct?, ARK refused to give any meaningful guarantees to their prospective employees. This means that ARK can refuse to acknowledge unions or any national agreements on pay and conditions. Their short track history so far has shown their contempt for their employees.

Pulling in the crowds – vegan food fayre
14 Sep 2008
The vegan food fayre, held at Liverpool’s social centre Next To Nowhere, drew the crowds last Saturday.

Solidarity For Political Prisoner Sean Kirtley
10 Sep 2008
On Saturday 6th September two hundred activists made it to Ledbury, Herefordshire, for the Carnival Against Vivisection in solidarity with political prisoner Sean Kirtley. The day of action was called by various groups in resistance to the imprisoning of peaceful campaigners under SOCPA legislation, and as a stand for the animals suffering inside vivisection laboratories.Protesters met on the grass verge, where the police held them allowing a maximum of 15 at a time to demonstrate outside Sequani labs. Shortly after campaigners made a spontaneous break for the labs, with police responding by blocking the bridge to push back the crowd, creating minor scuffles. Multiple attempts were also made to access the labs using various pre-planned routes, meeting police each time, some of which had dogs. Protesters then regrouped at the grass verge to march the original route around town.Pictures: 1 | 2 | VideosNewswire: Sequani demo | Carnival Against Vivisection – Arrest Witnesses Appeal | Carnival Against Vivisection – some thoughts | Carnival Against Vivisection – LatestPrevious features: Carnival Against Vivisection | Sequani Besieged by Surprise ActionRelated links: Free Sean Kirtley | Stop Sequani Animal Testing | Antispeciesist Action | Animal Liberation Front | Bite Back | NETCU Watch | FIT watch | Western Animal Rights Network | Indymedia UK Stop Sequani topic page

Racist on Student Executive at Nottingham University
7 Sep 2008
Recent news that Craig Cox, incoming Education Officer at the University of Nottingham, is being investigated by the police for an alleged race hate incident was no surprise to some students. Cox, who waved a sign saying ‘Bring Back Slavery’ at a recent National Uniont of Students (NUS) event, is the latest in a succession of students who have flirted with racism and fascism at the university.Former examples include the the editor of a student paper that gave free reign to Phil Edwards (real name: Stuart Russell) of the British National Party (BNP), the debating society, Forum, who invited Holocaust denier David Irving to speak, and former BNP councillor, Sadie Graham.Newswire: Yet Another Racist at Nottingham Uni | Meeting called at uni after BNP article published in student paperPrevious Features: Anger Over “Terror Arrests” at Nottingham University | Heavy Handed Police Condemned Over Peaceful Protest | BNP wins seat in BroxtoweLinks: University of Nottingham Students Union | NUS Anti-Racism/Anti-Fascism Campaign | Ceasefire Magazine | Notts Indymedia Anti-racism topic page

Rossport – Solitare leaves Irish waters with no pipeline laid!
1 Sep 2008
On Friday the 20th September, the pipe laying ship, the Solitaire, finally left Irish waters. During the ship’s time in Ireland, Shell failed to lay any part of the offshore pipe line. The departure of the Solitaire is a massive victory for the Shell to Sea campaign. Resistance in the past six weeks has taken many different forms: fishermen preventing the ship’s access to the bay by refusing to move from her path, site invasions by local people and the Rossport Solidarity Camp, numerous waterborne actions to prevent work by supporters from other parts of Ireland and further afield, national and international solidarity actions and finally, an 11 day hunger strike by local campaigner Maura Harrington, that continued until the ship left Irish waters. The events of the last 6 weeks have inspired not only those involved, but also many who witnessed them from afar, new links and friendships have been forged and many lessons learned. In the aftermath, the Shell to Sea campaign can clearly be seen to have been revitalized, both locally and nationally. It is unclear when the ship will attempt to return to Broadhaven Bay. It is possible it could still be this year if repairs are quick and a suitable weather window appears, or it may not be until next spring. However, while it may be uncertain exactly when the ship will return, what is certain, is that it will meet even greater opposition upon its next arrival. Come and be part of it! The Rossport community is calling on people everywhere to put pressure on Shell, Allseas (the company that owns the Solitaire) and Irish embassies to demand that the Solitaire leaves Irish waters immediately.Newswire: rossport solidarity action at irish consulate | The Solitaire leaves the Bayr | Rooftop occupation of Shells offices in Belmullet | Update from 11th of September | Daughter of Shell to Sea hunger striker paddles out to Solitaire | Rossport Solidarity Action in London | Rossport Solidarity Demo in London on Monday!! | Son of Shell to Sea hunger striker assaulted and arrested |Support Maura Harrington on hunger strike | Irish Embassy targetted for Rossport in Berlin | Rossport: Solidarity Action in Brighton | Rossport: The Time is Now | Rossport update | Urgent Call Out: Mayo Needs You! Now Is The TimePrevious features: Rossport: Another Season of Resistance | Shell to Sea campaign intensifies as work on refinery begins | Community under siege in MayoVideo: Video interview with Maura Harrington | Locals resist Shell?s occupation of Glengad | Paddle AttackLinks: Shell to Sea | Rossport Solidarity camp | Indymedia Ireland Mayo page | Indymedia UK Rossport Solidarity page

Actions to end grouse shooting
1 Sep 2008
On Friday, 15 activists held a visual and noisy demo outside the Bradford Council Head Office at Jacobs Well, because of their plans to return grouse shooting to Ilkley Moor.Banners were tied up and held, and information given to all the members of staff and visitors going in through the main entrance. Members of public were very supportive and many made comments about the council not caring about the people of their town, never mind the animals to be killed if bloodsports return to the moor. The constant noise from the megaphone and chanting made sure that nobody could be unaware of why we were there.The demo then moved onto the City Hall where campaigners went inside the office and put the West Yorkshire Sabs website on every computer screen. Outside the main entrance, activists climbed up the gates and tied a banner across, much to the annoyance of the security guards who begun shaking the gate whilst someone was still up it!Other campaigners dropped banners off a nearby flyover to inform everybody coming into Bradford about council involvement in animal cruelty and bloodsports.Then on Sunday, West & South Yorkshire Hunt Sabs joined forces to stop grouse shoots in the Holme Valley, near Holmfirth.At the first shoot, over 25 sabs got between the beaters and the guns and then blocked the shooting butts resulting in most of the bloodsport enthusiasts cracking their guns and abandoning the first drive. Obviously angry at their ‘sport’ being stopped, members of the shoot assaulted one sab to try and get their video camera, rammed the sab van and the owner of the shoot decided it would be a good idea to put one of the front windows through on the vehicle. As per usual, the police couldn’t care less and were more interested in getting rid of the sabs with laws they didn’t even know themselves.The next group of shooters, a bit further down the road, packed up straight away when they saw the sabs arriving; however poor communication meant that they couldn’t tell the beaters who carried on driving the grouse towards guns that weren’t there. Realising they had been made fools of, one of the head beaters began shouting at the police to enforce laws that didn’t exist, to which they just told him the truth.The days sabbing was a great success, with countless lives being saved and two shoots stopped from killing.

Starbucks leaves bitter taste in Brighton
30 Aug 2008
FRAPPACINOS, that flipping ?Friends? sofa or how about smartening the street up? These are some of the top arguments in favour of the latest shiny, corporate addition to this city.Starbucks, yes, shitty Starbucks! A scummy company no question about it.A corporate vulture in fact, guilty of a friendly lil business practice known as cannibalisation where sister stores are opened to feed and compete with each others custom, slowly squeezing the local cafes out ? there are worryingly now five SBs in this city alone and SB?s HQ have stated they plan to roll out another 100 stores in our lucky country this year; supplying coffee to Guantanamo Bay (to pour over the inmates no doubt); and of course, lovely homogenisation. One day we?ll all wake up to find out that blessed Brighton has overnight turned into one big shiny soulless commercialised consumer?s wet dream.

The Arms Trade: From Nottingham to Georgia
24 Aug 2008
In recent weeks, international headlines have been dominated by conflict between Russia and Georgia over South Ossetia. What may not be apparent is the role played by Nottingham-based arms company Heckler & Koch. It has emerged that Georgian elite forces fighting in the province have been illegally armed with Heckler & Koch assault rifles.According to Human Rights Watch, the Georgian military “used indiscriminate and disproportionate force resulting in civilian deaths in South Ossetia”. However, that hasn’t stopped these war criminals from becoming customers of Heckler & Koch.Upcoming Event: Monthly picket outside Heckler & Koch’s Nottingham offices from 4pm Monday 8th September at Easter Park, Lenton Lane.Previous Features: Protesters Return to Nottingham Weapons Manufacturer | Protesters Target Nottingham Weapons ManufacturersLinks: NottsAntiMilitarism | Campaign Against the Arms Trade | Wikipedia on the South Ossetia war | Notts Indymedia Anti-militarism topic page

Japan issues arrest warrant for Nottingham activist
22 Aug 2008
Japan has issued an arrest warrant for a Nottingham-based activist, alleging that he damaged the country’s whaling fleet. Warrants have been issued for Daniel Bebawi, a member of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, and two American volunteers and the Japanese government has sought to have the three placed on the Interpol wanted list.The three all participated in the Sea Shepherd Whale Defense Campaign: Operation Leviathan in December 2006 and January and February 2007. The charges apparently stem from an icollision between Japanese whaling vessel Keiko Maru rammed the Sea Shepherd ship Robert Hunter. The incident was investigated by the Australian Federal police at the time, with forensic evidence demonstrating that it was the Kaiko Maru that rammed the Robert Hunter.Interviews with Dan: Back in Nottingham (audio) | On board the ship (text)Reading: Sea Shepherd press release | Evening Post articlePrevious feature: Nottingham Activist Returns From Whale Saving Mission In AntarticaLinks: Sea Shepherd Conservation Society | Operation Leviathan website | Wikipedia on Japanese Whaling | Indymedia UK Ocean defence page

Rossport: The Time is Now
21 Aug 2008
Saturday saw the start of a week of action in Rossport, County Mayo, as Shell attempt to push forward with the next stage in the Corrib gas development. In late July Shell commenced preparatory pipeline work and built a compound on Glengad beach, former home of the Rossport Solidarity Camp. There were heart breaking scenes as the company began their destruction of this once pristine bay. Tens of locals resisted, many were arrested and one hospitalized. This week, the world?s largest pipeline ship, the Solitaire, is expected to enter the bay to begin work on the offshore pipeline. Believed to be booked up for the next 2 years, the Solitaire has just 2 weeks to complete its part in the pipeline construction. On Saturday, a crew of boat activists, fresh from the Climate Camp?s Rebel Regatta, reclaimed Glengad beach. Occurring on the day the Solitaire was due to arrive in the area, this is the first in a series of actions aiming to stop pipeline work. The Rossport community have made a call out for people to come to the area to help them resist at this crucial time.Newswire: Rossport: The Time is Now | Rossport update | Urgent Call Out: Mayo Needs You! Now Is The TimePrevious features: Rossport: Another Season of Resistance | Shell to Sea campaign intensifies as work on refinery begins | Community under siege in MayoVideo: Locals resist Shell?s occupation of Glengad | Shell to Sea campaign videoLinks: Shell to Sea | Rossport Solidarity camp | Indymedia Ireland Mayo page | Indymedia UK Rossport Solidarity page

Protests greet BNP “festival”
21 Aug 2008
Between the 15th and 17th August, the BNP held their annual Red, White and Blue (RWB) “festival” in Denby, Derbyshire. This is the second year that the event has been held in this location. Last year there was little organised resistance, with only a single protester in attendance. This year saw more significant and diverse mobilisations against the event.A rally was held in Codnor, by Nottinghamshire Stop the BNP and Unite Against Fascism (UAF). Despite people attending from as far afield as Brighton and Lancaster, this demonstration was relatively small and never came close to the 700 people limit imposed by Derbyshire Police. Elsewhere, activists associated with Antifa made their way cross country and attempted to barricade the road in order to prevent access to the site, resulting in clashes with police.Local feeling against the RWB has been strong and many residents of Codnor, Denby and Amber Valley attended the demonstrations against it (some of them members of the recently formed Amber Valley Stop the BNP group).Newswire: Anti-RWB Protests, A Very Successful Failure. | Sunday Photos | Demonstration against the BNP Event in Derbyshire : The March | Demonstration against the BNP Event in Derbyshire : Designated Protest Point! | Demo at BNP festival. Pics & report. | Protestors at RWB | R,W,B Festival Denby/codnor | Britain’s Racist PolicePrevious Features: Anti-fascists Prepare to Stop BNP “Festival” | BNP Withdraw Festival Licence Application in the Face of Protests | East Mids Campaigners Up The Anti as BNP Make Electoral Gains | Midlands and Yorkshire organise against the BNPLinks: Stop the BNP’s RWB Festival | Smash The BNP’s Scumfest! | Unite Against Fascism | Indymedia UK Stop RWB topic page

Cameron ambushed
18 Aug 2008
Cameron visited the Wirral on 14th August for a Q&A session and “faced a dozen protesters opposing (hunting) reintroduction on the way in, and one fierce questioner on the issue within the hall.” – Liverpool Daily Post

Hunger strike in Campsfield as deportee takes his own life in Iraq
14 Aug 2008
Some 50 refugees held at Campsfield immigration prison, near Oxford, are on hunger strike in protest at their continued detention. The hunger strike was started on August 9th by 13 Iraqi-Kurdish detainees, who demanded that forcible deportations to Northern Iraq are stopped. This is the second such protest at Campsfield this year and one of many throughout the UK detention estate.Meanwhile, an Iraqi-Kurdish refugee has taken his own life after being forcibly returned to Iraqi Kurdistan. Hussein Ali shot himself in his home in Sulaimania on August 10th, two days after he was deported to Erbil via Jordan. An emergency demonstration in support of the hunger strikers, called by the Campaign to Close Campsfield, was held outside the immigration prison on August 12th.Reports: Campsfield detainees on hunger strike | Unacceptable death of Hussein Ali | Two more deaths of asylum seekersRelated: Riot at Campsfield Detention Centre | 26 migrants escape immigration prison in Oxford | Detained Mothers on Hunger Strike in Yarl’s Wood | Once again, Harmondsworth hunger strike broken violently | Dozens of Iraqi Kurds deported.. againLinks: National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigs | Campaign to Close Campsfield | International Federation of Iraqi Refugees | Coalition to Stop Deportations to Iraq | No Borders UK

Anti-fascists Prepare to Stop BNP “Festival”
11 Aug 2008
Between 15th and 17th of August, the fascist British National Party (BNP) is holding its annual Red, White and Blue ‘festival’ on a farm in Denby, Derbyshire. In previous years this so-called ‘family festival’ has brought together BNP members and white supremacists from across the world to enjoy Nazi marching songs and drunken glassings. The event has past off largely unremarked upon in previous years, with just a token response from the anti-fascist movement. Last year when the event was held in the same place, there was only one single protester. This time, however, local campaigners involved in Nottinghamshire Stop the BNP have been mobilising since late last year. The call has subsequently been taken up by Antifa England, Lancaster Unity, Hope Not Hate and Unite Against Fascism among others.Details: Leaflet and maps | Antifa Callout | Google map of site | Photos of the area | Coaches: 1 | 2Newswire: Will It Be All White On The Night? | The Alan Warner (BNP) Supporters Club | BNP Begin Arriving for Festival, While Anti-Fascists Leaflet Codnor | RWB toilet supplier targetted | BNP’s Second Licence Application Rejected! | Protest against fascist BNP’s Red, White & Blue | New paint job for the RWB’s fascist farmerPrevious Features: BNP Withdraw Festival Licence Application in the Face of Protests | East Mids Campaigners Up The Anti as BNP Make Electoral Gains | Midlands and Yorkshire organise against the BNPLinks: Stop the BNP’s RWB Festival | Smash The BNP’s Scumfest! | Indymedia UK Stop RWB topic page

Derbyshire Coal Mine Occupation – Eviction Happening Now
11 Aug 2008
It is now confirmed that the police have launched a full eviction attempt at the Bodge House squat in Shipley, Derbyshire. The house is located on the site of a proposed open cast coal mine.Update Sunday 10th August: Eviction is still ongoing at Bodge House, in Derbyshire. This is the 4th day of the operation and 4 people were arrested earlier today. The house is very heavily barricaded and 2-3 people are still reported to be inside. 4 vans of police and bailiffs still in attendence.Update Friday 8th August: (added comment by Jane) – We were there today to give support to those still in the house. We arrived about 11.00am. There were loads of police as would be expected and 3 people were taken out of the house while we were there and taken to Ripley police station. We were not allowed near so could not see who it was. Around 3.00 in the afternoon a chap in a suit and 2 women in inappropriate shoes turned up. We think they were from the bailiff teams. They spoke to the chief inspector in charge and went to the house. All the time the bailiffs on site had been cutting down the trees surrounding the house and trying to get in the front door of the house. They succeeded just before the ‘suits’ arrived. We left around 4pm to run some film to ITN but I heard later that the bailiffs had started up a generator to get air to the people in the tunnel under the house but left the site around 5.30. they are due back tomorrow (Saturday) to get the 2 people in the tunnel out. Anyone who can get there, please get there to give support.Update Thursday 7th August: Around 7.45am about 60 police and 50 bailliffs arrived at the house. Throughout the day the police have been trying to get through the barricades and defences. Local people and media have been at the scene. So far 3 people have been removed from lockons and a cargo net outside the house and have been arrested. 7 people are still inside and are heavily barricaded in, included being hidden in tunnels under the house. The bailiffs have put up security fences and although they have managed to enter part of the building, the eviction attempt has been stopped for today. It is estimated the eviction will take at least another couple of days.Newswire: Short audio – Bodge House eviction | Eviction Of Coal Mine Protest Site (Bodge House) – picturesGo there: Directions to the site (PDF)See feature articles: Derbyshire Opencast Mine Squatters: Eviction Imminent | Coal On Hold – Derbyshire Coal Mine Site Occupied | Campaigners Trespass on Proposed Coal Mine SiteMainstream coverage: Bailiffs ‘just eight feet’ away from underground eco-protesters at Smalley | Arrests at Smalley coal mine protest | Protesters evicted from Smalley site