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A by product of the work done to suggest that 553m metric tonnes of Carbon Dioxide from escaping into the atmosphere is the revelation that most of this coal lies so close to where people live. read more here.

This press release accompanies the publication of MOPG's 5th Briefing Note in support of the 500m Buffer Zone Bill and explains why those concerned about Climate Change should support the Bill.

Prof Andy Blowers has been asked to speak to the West Cumbria Managing Radioactive Waste Safely Partnership on the ethics of geological disposal. The meeting will take place on wednesday at the Hundith HillHotel, Cockermouth - 9.30am - 4pm

David Cameron was welcomed to Newcastle's Centre for Life today by people angry about the cuts: including students, workers, and benefit claimants.  One protestor was arrested.

2011. Another year of Police Stop and Search of Photographers ?

(A modern take on an old theme)

This latest MOPG Press Release emphasises a different aspect of the argument as to why Communities in England should benefit from a 500m Buffer Zone law. It shows how many areas of England could be prone to opencast mining because local communities, unlike those in Scotland and Wales do not benefit from having a 500m Buffer Zone policy in operation.

The Headingley Development Trust (HDT) held the grand opening of HEART (Headingley Enterprise and Arts Centre). HEART is based in an old primary school in Leeds.  The building is leased to HDT for 125 years and HEART, the project running the building, will provide a community centre for Headingley for 25 years.  It is so clean and slick it is hard to distinguish it from a for-profit company but th…

Dog fatally injured during race at Owlerton Stadium

A group in Leicestershire has produced evidence about the current and possible future locations for opencast coal mining in England. In all it identifies 23 Current sites and 43 potential sites, including sites in Co Durham, Northumberland and Gateshead.The evidence is in the form of a two part review and it has been produced to support the arguments for the 500 Metre Buffer Zone Bill which gets i…

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg looked shaken leaving Sheffield Town Hall this evening, as an impromptu demonstration chanted and hurled abuse.

At short notice a spontaneous group demonstrated Nick Clegg's attendance at Sheffield Town Hall

On Wednesday 5th of Jan the council had a meeting to decide the fate of Royal Park School.  With three bidders aiming to take control of the building the council agreed to lease School to the community group Royal Park Community Consortium (RPCC).  This is marks the end of a 6 year community campaign where at one point the community squatted the building in 2009.  The group started as 7 people wr…

Ten Days of Intensive Training in Central Mexico: Video Production, Investigative & Online Reporting, and Movement Strategies for Journalists

Sound bites from Ant-cuts activists on Saturday 11th of December in Bradford.

Pedal MCR shall shortly be opening a bicycle community centre in Manchester where people can socialise and learn new skills.

On Friday 17th December 2010 a group of sex workers from various locations around West Yorkshire and the UK were joined by local campaign supporters to hold a vigil as part of a global event to mark the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers

The group, carrying red umbrellas to mark their support for the campaign, handed out leaflets and chatted to late night shoppers, early revell…

Report from Halifax Sat 18th protest at Topshop...

All over the UK, people have been taking action against companies who have been exposed as tax dodgers.

At our school, Beckfoot in Bingley we decided more needed to be done about the cuts so we organised a silent protest in aim of Saving EMA. We got hundreds of students turning up and even some teachers showing their support.

On Friday 10th December we had a relaxed evening of mulled wine and mince pies at the 1in12 club, Bradford, to raise some money for TIA Greyhound and Lurcher Rescue.

Protests against companies accused of dodging taxes took place across the UK today, with protestors in Kendal, Cumbria targeting Topshop and Vodafone.  The group were met with swift action by shopping centre security guards, furious that anyone would dare to hand out leaflets to shoppers.  Violent removal followed.

Links: Other tax avoidance actions.

Lib Dem conference at Sheffield City Hall from March 11-13 - the first time Sheffield has hosted a conference by a national political party.

All Allerdale and Copeland Borough Councillors have been sent a Christmas Card from Radiation Free Lakeland.

" The Ghost of Christmas Future?"

One student's opinon on what happened over the last week. Including such classic moments as "The University of Bradford Occupation", the controversial "Lollipop Ladies and Laddies", the arrest of youths in Bradford city centre and the spectacle of Thursday the 9th's demonstration in London.

On Saturday 4th December over 150 women and children marched through the city centre of Leeds, West Yorkshire, to fight against rape and sexual violence.

Reclaim the Night, also known as Take Back the Night, began in 1976 in Italy, Belgium and Germany. In response to the "Ripper Murders" in Leeds, and inspired by the marches on the European continent, eleven marches took place simultaneously arou…

A large demonstration against government spending cuts has taken place in

the city of Liverpool.

The event, organised by the Public Sector Alliance and Merseyside Trades Union Council, began at the Metropolitan Cathedral.

Report from the Dec 11th anticuts action in Halifax...

David Cameron came to Leeds and was welcomed by around 100 protesters.  Just noon he drove into the Shine buisniess centre on Harehills Road to give a talk after being greeted with eggs, boos and graffiti from the night before.  Undercover police were deployed but the protest was low key and they never sprang into action.

Bradford Uni Vice Chancellor releases statement on the potential affect of education cuts on Bradford.