Newbury Flim Flam

Injunctions against ten people were granted on Friday 13th August at the High Court by Justice Cooper. He permitted the defendants to go onto the land at Gotan camp in order to pick vegetables until midnight that day. Unfortunately he couldn’t make the delicious harvest supper on Sunday evening.

On 25th August over 2,000 people enjoyed a mile of art at ‘Art Bypass’, organised by Friends of the Earth. Several art pieces involving cars are now on-route lock-ons. The route walk saw almost two hundred colourful and festive people flim-flamming down it.

A compound at Rickety Bridge was occupied for almost 24 hours and a generator reportedly worth 12,000 pounds was written off when it fell down a hill and a considerable amount of fencing was cut due to the notorious cutting nocturnal winds of Newbury which altogether amounts to a severe Compound Fracture. Police expectations of a Reclaim The A34 were dashed when, “Operation Magic Roundabout, proceed to target” was broadcast over the CB radio causing the immediate stationing of police on the A34 roundabouts.

A Police Press Release accusing Pinkertons of incompetence and requesting an increase in numbers of security was found to be a hoax. MI5 is suspected. Numbers were considerably increased by numerous bands playing up and down the route. Trespass Thursday resulted in a mass bail break ... protesting about the Newbury Sausage bail conditions. Altogether it seems to have been a very successful week, with hundreds of people passing through (and a good number passing out!)

As the Action Update goes to press Costain will be holding their AGM, and something tells us that it will not be one that they are looking forward to. For more details call Third Battle of Newbury on: 01635 45544. More than a few people are being held on remand for various offences allegedly committed at Newbury. Please contact the Third Battle office for a list and then write to a few of them.