Posted by tashuk under Uncategorized Comments Off on Armed Police Deployments in Nottingham – ‘Operation Tempora’
Armed Police on further deployments in Nottingham as part of ‘Operation Tempora’. Although the threat level as recommended by JTAC Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre has been reduced, officers were still at this level of readiness over the bank holiday and into this week. I am sure planners will keep the situation under review.
Message from Assistant Chief Constable Stuart Prior. Nottinghamshire Police
Over the last 24 hours we’ve received a number of messages from people who are, understandably, concerned about the increased national threat level.
Firstly, we’d like to reassure you that we have robust plans in place for situations like this, which are regularly tested, and we continuously review these, as well as our resourcing and deployment of resources, in line with the national strategy.
In light of the tragic events in Manchester, we have reviewed all planned events, and continue to assess the appropriate policing response to each event and venue. You are likely to see an increased police presence at events over the coming days – this is a response to the increase in threat level nationally.
We work very closely with our partners across the city and county including local authorities, other emergency services, public transport providers, football clubs and other event venues to ensure we are providing the best possible service to the people of Nottinghamshire.
Some people have asked questions about individual venues’ security arrangements and changes to these. While this is the responsibility of the venue, national guidance has been issued and we continue to work closely with them to advise on their own arrangements.
I hope this goes some way to reassure you but if you do have concerns or questions, please just ask our officers.
I know this is an unsettling time and would encourage people to remain vigilant and report anything suspicious to the Anti-Terrorist Hotline on 0800 789 321 – remember, it’s better to have multiple people report the same thing than to assume someone else has already reported it.
Message from Assistant Chief Constable Stuart Prior. Nottinghamshire Police
Over the last 24 hours we’ve received a number of messages from people who are, understandably, concerned about the increased national threat level.
Firstly, we’d like to reassure you that we have robust plans in place for situations like this, which are regularly tested, and we continuously review these, as well as our resourcing and deployment of resources, in line with the national strategy.
In light of the tragic events in Manchester, we have reviewed all planned events, and continue to assess the appropriate policing response to each event and venue. You are likely to see an increased police presence at events over the coming days – this is a response to the increase in threat level nationally.
We work very closely with our partners across the city and county including local authorities, other emergency services, public transport providers, football clubs and other event venues to ensure we are providing the best possible service to the people of Nottinghamshire.
Some people have asked questions about individual venues’ security arrangements and changes to these. While this is the responsibility of the venue, national guidance has been issued and we continue to work closely with them to advise on their own arrangements.
I hope this goes some way to reassure you but if you do have concerns or questions, please just ask our officers.
I know this is an unsettling time and would encourage people to remain vigilant and report anything suspicious to the Anti-Terrorist Hotline on 0800 789 321 – remember, it’s better to have multiple people report the same thing than to assume someone else has already reported it.
Posted by tashuk under Uncategorized Comments Off on NUJ Officers Course : Passed and finished
NUJ Officers Course : Passed and finished ….. Yay!
Have now finished the last stage 3 of the NUJ union programme that is aimed at reps who have done Stages 1 and 2. The course brings together the skills and knowledge developed so far. It builds on them by looking at all the issues associated with negotiating on behalf of your members, either individually or collectively.
This course is designed to cover:
What is meant by negotiating within a trade union context?
Developing an awareness of key negotiating skills, and when to apply them.
Developing a strategy, arguments and tactics to support the union’s position.
Practising preparing for and applying a strategic plan in joint negotiations.
Posted by tashuk under Uncategorized Comments Off on Nottingham People Fighting for Justice
I have some pictures in this show at the National Justice Museum.
A new exhibition celebrating civil rights
Journey to Justice is a new exhibition exploring human rights movements and celebrating those people who have stood up to make a change.
As well as stories from the US civil rights movement, the exhibition features a number of local and regional stories.
These include the story of a Nottingham lace manufacturer who fought for the abolition of slavery and pioneered advances in workers’ rights, plus Nottingham’s involvement in gay rights activism in the 1960’s.
The exhibition will also highlight campaigns to kick out discrimination in sport and will highlight issues of inequality that still exist today. It will feature the story of Viv Anderson who was the first black footballer to represent England in a full senior match and was also an integral part of Brian Clough’s Nottingham Forest team that went on to win two European Cups.
In addition, you can explore struggles against poverty and acts of activism plus murals, art and poetry that have been used to express feelings of social injustice and as a call for change.
Come and see how ‘people like us’ can lead positive change for social justice.
An ongoing diary of stuff, allsorts, and things wot happen ......
I am based in Nottingham UK
tash @ riseup.net
Tashs’ Festival, Travellin’ and Environmental
Photographic Archives.
I am a photographer with a special interest to document the lives of travelling
people and those attending Festivals, Stonehenge etc, what the press often describe
as ‘New Age Travellers’.
With my photography, I have tried to say something of the wide variety of people
engaged in ‘Alternatives’, and youths’ many sub-cultures and
to present a more positive view.
I have photographed many free and commercial events and have, in recent years,
extended my work to include dance parties (’rave culture’), gay-rights
events, environmental direct actions, and protest against the Criminal Justice
Act and more recently, issues surrounding the Global Capitalism.
Further, police surveillance has recently become a very important subject for
me!
In recognition of this work, received a ‘Winston’ from Privacy
International, at the 1998 ‘Big Brother’ Awards. The citation reads:
“Alan Lodge is a photographer who has spent more than a decade raising
awareness of front-line police surveillance activities, particularly the endemic
practice of photographing demonstrators and activists”.
I am currently involved with the setting up and administration of Nottinghamshire
Indymedia. An ‘open-publishing’ system which is part of an international
‘alternative media’ network.
“Cowardice asks the question, 'Is it safe?'
Expediency asks the question, 'Is it politic?'
Vanity asks the question, 'Is it popular?'
But, conscience asks the question, 'Is it right?'
And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but one must take it because one's conscience tells one that it is right.”
Martin Luther King Jr.
"In Italy for 30 years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance.
In Switzerland they had brotherly love – they had 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce?
The cuckoo clock!!"
Harry Lime [Orsen Wells] The Third Man 1949
"Civilization will not attain to its perfection,
until the last stone from the last church,
falls on the last priest."
Emile Zola
"....I have an important message to deliver to all the cute people all over the world.
If you're out there and you're not cute, maybe you're beautiful, I just want to tell you somethin'- there's more of us ugly mother-fuckers than you are, hey-y, so watch out now..."
Frank Zappa
