Oxford Other Press Newswire Archive

At 4.30 am, the nine occupiers of the chimney stack at Didcot power station came down and were immediately arrested. That brings the total arrests to 20, after the 11 locked on to the coal conveyors were arrested in the first 24 hours. Read more >>

Radio 4's Reality Check didn't check reality when it came to surveillance cameras along the Cowley Road, East Oxford Read more >>

Journalist Bibi van der Zee reports in the New Statesman on the recent Peace News Summer Camp in Oxfordshire. Read more >>

This is an excellent job opening for anyone who likes violent computer games and wishes to contribute to defending the realm from North Koreans and aliens. The British nuclear deterrent is certainly safe in AWE's hands. Read more >>

A fox-hunt supporter has been killed by suicidally running at an anti-hunt gyrocopter - and two activists could face murder charges as a result! Read more >>

Debate on the disastrous state of the media with Nick Davies, author of best seller FLAT EARTH NEWS. Date:Thursday 29th January at 6:30pm. Venue: Oxford Town Hall. Read more >>

With the USA signing deals left, right and centre with the UK, Czech Republic and Poland to site elements of its "Nuclear Missile Defence Shield" - or Son of Star Wars programme - in those respective countries; with the British parliament voting last year to replace its submarine-based Trident nuclear weapons system; and with recent US and NATO support for Georgia and the Ukraine, it should come as little surprise that Russia has announced plans to upgrade its own nuclear weapons systems, putting even more strain on the now beleaguered Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Hence, Bush, Cheney, Brown, Blair et al have managed to restart the Cold War. Well done, gentlemen. Read more >>

The First VisionOnTv dvd is now available to download by bit-torrent Read more >>

Having had a firmer date for moving our office from Cherwell Street to the EPC's Old Music Hall building on Cowley rd., Corporate Watch needs YOU! Read more >>

Oxford student interviewed by prejudiced idiot Read more >>

A FILIPINO man is being deported from Britain because his wife, who died following a hospital blunder, is no longer working here. Read more >>

Everyone's favourite research group is moving next year to new premises, we need help sorting stuff out pre-move. Read on if you're interested! Read more >>

last night the burmese "junta" agree to open talks with the democratically elected burmese peoples representation, after a meeting with the UN rep . . . .
The media spin of "doom doom" in the west, with the odd "deprioritisation" of this sort of mould-breaking news - with its echoes of the end of apartheid in south africa, or the irish peace processes "key moments" - is suspicious, but . . . . breaking news???? MUCH TO DO, keep up pressure, but FIGHT THE HYPE too! Read more >>

Film/discussion on Tuesday 25th September at 7.30pm at Oxford Town Hall, St Aldates. Central Oxford. All are welcome to this free event. Read more >>

Radio Oxford loses the plot as it axes the legendary Nibbler. Read more >>

Oxford expat Rod Poole brutally murdered in Hollywood. Read more >>

Microsoft's Chief Executive Officer, Steve Ballmer takes time out from his busy schedule to talk to students and members of the public on the subject of technology and its effects on the modern media, and in turn politics. Read more >>

Electricity giant Npower has obtained an injunction to stop protests and filming at the site of a proposed ash dump. Read more >>

Channel 4 news covered the protests against Npower's dumping of toxic power station waste into an Oxfordshire lake tonight. Read more >>

now n power act to kerb legal press activities on public highways, this means officially democracy is over and freedom us gone if the high court are willing to grant injunctions to ban legitimate news gatherers shooting from public highways. This is unheard of and a disgrace.

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