News In Brief

Now available - "ROAD RAGING : Top Tips for Wrecking Road Building". This book shares experiences of NVDA against road building from Twyford Down to Newbury and Fairmile. This is not a coffee-table history book, but a practical, illustrated guide for action - including ideas on setting up non-hierarchical groups from scratch, an up-to-date legal section, publicity, camps, evictions, on-site actions, bureaucrat baiting, street parties and more. Ideas could be applied to other major developments. Contact Road Alert! (see contacts list).

Finland EF! Made a page explaining PGP (Pretty Good Privacy, some message encryption thing on computer) and data security. http://WWW.sci.fi/~ransu/security.html.

NatWest and the Times are jointly sponsering a business ethics competition with the scenario: "You're the MD of a company who want to build a road and environmental protestors are, er, protesting - there are clear signs that your AGM will be disrupted ... what will your solution be " First prize £3000.

Ironstone mining in Wraxton and Balscote will destroy a large area of land. The two villages have joined together to fight quarrying/waste disposal company, Grundon. Help needed. Contact Trinity Barn, Balscote, Oxon, OXI5 6JK.

RTS is running a genetics database. Send info to RTS London, (see contacts sheet).

Cardigan Bay EF! are planning actions against Chevron. Call Cardigan EF! (see contacts sheet)

Cympeithas Yr Iaith in Aberystwyth has stormed an estate agent selling houses to Londoners. Windows were flyposted and protesters tried to get in. Violent scenes occured as the English mayoress scratched a protestor's cheek. Write to Penrock, Pier St. Aber.

At the beginning of this month R.G. Budge's house in Nottingham (owns most deep and opencast mines in the country) was visited and slogans were written saying "Who will you injunct for this?"

On May 7th another RTZ AGM will take place. If you want to go proxy shares are available from Bouganville Freedom Movement (U ) PO Box 9384, Brixton, London SW9 7ZB. Tel 0171 978 8214. Campaigns pack also available.

Activists are planning to plant tennis balls in Harewood House, north of Leeds. The plan has emerged as Yorkshire TV is going to rebuild the set of Emerdale Farm in greenbelt land in the grounds H. House. The tennis balls will be filled with money (£5-20) to encourage visitors to dig up the land in protest. Leeds EF! has more info.

Yeovil land occupation - people equipment and visions are needed for this 400 acre site and Jacobean manor house, occupied to prevent developers from putting forward any of their dodgy schemes. The site was earmarked for a supermarket, but now everything is up for grabs! Contac : 01935 863349 for info.