New Radio Free Brighton Shop — buy goodies online!
by Tom Wright on Feb.22, 2012, under News
We know you guys love Radio Free Brighton. We know you want to support us. So here at RFB towers, we set our heads to pondering and decided to skin two cats with one mixed metaphor.
Introducing the new Radio Free Brighton Shop!
URGENT — Only 24 Hours to Stop Flow of Tar Sand Oil
by formaldehyde on Feb.22, 2012, under News
The EU is on the verge of passing a directive that would introduce strict pollution controls and halt the flow of deadly tar sand oil into Europe from Canada.
Tar Sand Fuels, covered extensivley in recent months, are the product of a highly damaging, pollution intensive extraction method. The EU directive would help curb this practise and make a strong environmental stand.
However, our Government are blocking the motion. We need to tell them that this is not okay, and encourage them to vote for their people and for their environment, not against them.
Please, help us make a difference. Follow this link to learn more and to act. It will only take five minutes of your time to send a strong message to our Transport Minister and Government.
http://www.avaaz.org/en/uk_tar_sands/?cl=1612778085&v=12806
Save The Lemon e-petition
by Tom Wright on May.22, 2011, under Uncategorized
Urgent Urgent Please sign the SAVE THE LEMON BUS E-PETITION BY JULY 7TH *NEW* DEADLINE
Helping to Build Community Radio in South Africa
by Tom Wright on May.22, 2011, under Uncategorized
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Technology 4 Good finalists!
by Tom Wright on May.25, 2011, under News
Radio Free Brighton are very proud to announce that we’ve been listed as finalists in the
Community Voices category of the 2011 Technology 4 Good awards.
NEW SHOW: Football Frenzy. TODAY 5.30pm, Weds 5th Oct.
by jackie on Oct.05, 2011, under Uncategorized
Jonathan Haney, Ned LLoyd and Jonny Tydeman will be presenting a weekly football radio show discussing all the controversy, brilliance and heartache that a weekend of Premier League football brings to each and every football fan.
They will also cover Championship football, with an in-depth look at Brighton and Hove Albion’s weekly performances.
Not just that but they will be discussing our fantasy football top tips every week as well as predictions for the up and coming Premier League matches.
TUNE IN AT 5.30PM!
Brighton & Hove’s People’s Day
by jackie on Oct.05, 2011, under Uncategorized
Brighton & Hove’s People’s Day – communities join together for a day of celebration
People’s Day is a celebration of the city’s diversity and offers an opportunity for community groups to unite to showcase their work and talents. Event organisers are now seeking participants to make this year’s event bigger than ever before. Activities will take place in the heart of the cultural quarter – focusing on New Road and the surrounding area.
Brighton & Hove’s annual People’s Day will take place on Saturday 14 July as part of the city’s Olympic Torch relay weekend festivities. The Olympic Torch is due to reach the city on 16 July as it tours the country before the 2012 games.
The People’s Day event will feature a mix of live music, dance performances, healthy living, digital interaction and much more. The time for registration is now! Community groups can apply for an information pack to find out how to be involved (details below).
People’s Day also offers an opportunity for businesses to target more than 15,000 visitors on the day. Information will also be shared with a broad audience before and after the event. A range of sponsorship opportunities is available. Key supporters already onboard include The National Trust, Guide2Brighton, Sussex Police and Juice Radio.
Cllr Bill Randall said: “People’s Day is a celebration of all that is a good about our city. We encourage as many groups as possible to take part to show the fantastic mix of lifestyles we have in Brighton & Hove. The timing of People’s Day to coincide with the Olympic Torch visiting our city adds a sense of being part of a wider community, celebrating our differences and achievements from grass roots to international level.”
For further information about getting involved with People’s Day, as a community group or business partner, please contact Andy Tyrrell-Murphy on 01273 290548 or e-mail andy.tyrrell-murphy@brighton-hove.gov.uk
Save Shaker Aamer
by formaldehyde on Feb.20, 2012, under News
On Monday 13th February 2012, Shaker Aamer, a long-term British resident with the right to return, will have been unlawfully imprisoned and tortured at Guantanamo Bay for ten years by Britain’s closest ally, the United States (US).
During his time in US detention, in Afghanistan as well as in Guantanamo Bay, Shaker has been subjected to sustained, continuing inhuman and degrading treatment.
The torture suffered by Shaker Aamer in US detention that lacks any legality has included lengthy interrogations, exposure to extreme cold, sensory deprivation, stress positions, white noise, sleep deprivation, long-term solitary confinement and forced feeding.
Shaker Aamer has been charged with absolutely no offence by the US, and has in fact by now twice been “approved for transfer” from Guantanamo Bay. However, successive British governments have failed entirely to achieve his return to his British wife and children who wait patiently in London.
Serious questions therefore demand an urgent answer from the British government:
What exactly have successive British governments done, and why has all been
so ineffective to date, in securing Shaker Aamer’s return from Guantanamo Bay?
Has the United Kingdom (UK) yet made formal complaints to international bodies about the United States’ historical and continuing torture of Mr Aamer at Bagram Airforce Base and Guantanamo Bay, including to the United Nations Committee Against Torture? If not, why not?
What will the British government now do to secure Mr Aamer’s urgent return
to the UK and what undertaking will they give to his British family in this
respect?
How you can help
Make your voice heard in Westminster by signing this e-petition calling for an
urgent parliamentary debate on Shaker Aamer’s case. Follow this link.
Proposed Nuclear Site Occupied
by formaldehyde on Feb.20, 2012, under News
Protesters have for the second time in a week occupied the development site at Hinkley Point nuclear power station in Somerset.
In the early hours of this morning anti-nuclear activists took possession of an abandoned farm on the site which is protected under International Environmental law. The site contains a Site of Special Scientific interest (SSSI) and a protected wetland (R.A.M.S.A.R site) but it is due to be cleared by power company EDF in the coming months. Protesters are angry that permission has been given for this work to begin before the company have won permission to build their controversial new nuclear plant.
Somerset born Theo Simon said “We want to reclaim this land and make sure that the wildlife that inhabits it and forages here is protected. Giving permission to clear the land before Planning Permission has even been granted clearly gives the message to EDF that permission is a done deal. I, and many others like me, want proper public consultation and debate before we commit to a technology whose toxic legacy will remain for generations.?
Local media reported this week that EDF will begin site clearance in the coming weeks, although EDF claimed the opposite when protesters occupied the trees on Tuesday.
The first phase of the preparation works will include removal of hedgerows and all trees, before stripping all topsoil and levelling the landscape, all this despite the fact that planning permission has not been granted for a new nuclear power station at the site.
Nikki Clark of SWAN said “Bat ecologists have explained to us that 86% of Bat crime is caused by the destruction of roosts carried out by developers. We have been told that the so-called ‘mitigation’, which involves building alternative roosts, that has been proposed by EDF has never been scientifically tested to prove that it actually works.”
Questions have been raised about the Government’s process of developing energy policy.
In the corruption of governance report last week it was revealed that the ‘Nuclear Renaissance’ was instigated against the advice of scientists, and is indicative of wider corruption within the Department of Energy and Climate Change.
The new minister brought into replace Chris Huhne, who stood down last week to face criminal charges, is Lib Dem — Ed Davey. Despite having produced the party’s
>anti-nuclear policy in 2006, he has now made a complete U-turn and is supporting the coalition in promoting new nuclear build in the UK.
Shana Deal, one of the occupiers in Langborough Farm, said today: “If EDF’s activities continue, this nature reserve will be lost forever. Not even EDF are willing to guarantee that a new nuclear power station will be economically viable, and I for one do not want to see this beautiful land turned into a Toxic Waste dump.?
The farm premises is accessible by public footpaths and visitors are being welcomed by the protesters.
Further information can be found here.
Peace Walk for Tibet
by formaldehyde on Feb.20, 2012, under News
A peace walk has been arranged in Brighton for Saturday 25th February in solidarity with the Tibetan struggle for human rights, self determination and an end to the Chinese government’s military occupation. It will start at Palace Pier at 2pm and end at Hove lawns. We’ll be having a few speakers and hopefully a massive meditation session on the grass (probably weather dependent!).
Since March 2011 19 monks and nuns have self immolated throughout Tibet and China. Twelve are thought to have died; the well-being and whereabouts of most of the others remain unknown. Self-immolations and protests are now taking place over a widening area of Tibet.
See… http://www.freetibet.org/newsmedia/selfimmolations for further information.
See www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=19789
Tibetans have been imprisoned and targeted by the authorities since the invasion of 1950. Many have been tortured and incarcerated without charge. These protests are a continuation of the Tibetan people’s non-violent resistance to the Chinese Government. Its policy of forced assimilation by which the unique culture, language and natural resources of Tibet are systematically eroded has led to the widespread abuse of human rights and environmental degradation. The Tibetan plateau is warming twice as fast as the rest of the world and the impact of the now melting glaciers will be catastrophic.
See www.savetibet.org/media-center/tibet-news/parliamentarians-call-global-action-tibet-climate-change-crisis
See www.freetibet.org/about/resource-extraction
Under the Bridge Gig, Wed 22nd Feb
by formaldehyde on Feb.20, 2012, under News
This week Under the Bridge Studios and Psychosocial bring you the musical stylings of Tors, Bashir Al Gamar and Nicholas Grant and the Shadow Power. Doors opening at 8.30pm, and once again it’s free entry, so you’ve no excuse to not come down and check out some of Brighton’s hottest musical talent.
Science and Engineering Week, 9th — 18th March
by formaldehyde on Feb.20, 2012, under News
So, from 9–18 March, National Science & Engineering Week will see art galleries, universities, schools and science centres around Brighton looking at the role science plays in our lives, from the fun and fantastical, to the serious and profound. Make sure your community knows what’s out there to get their brains round.
Calling all Brighton Bands! Get in Touch!
by formaldehyde on Feb.20, 2012, under News
Radio Free Brighton are making some changes..for the better! As of Feburary we plan to start playing local bands. Exclusively. To begin with, on our playlist between shows, but very soon, on all of our top music shows as well. Be you metal, rock, indie, electro, experimental, big band, choral, pop or whatever, we want to hear from you, and we want to play your music round the clock.
We’ve always strived to be a radio pushing local issues and music, by the people, for the people. And it fits perfectly with our mission to be promoting you, the local musical talent.
So drop us an email at jaki.chase@gmail.com, or give us a ring at Under the Bridge Studios on 07799 564 620 or 01273 601 804 because we’d really love to hear from you and get you out on the airwaves!
Butterfly Egg Hunt!
by formaldehyde on Feb.20, 2012, under News
Nature lovers are being encouraged to join a hunt in countryside and open spaces around Brighton & Hove to find the eggs of a rare butterfly.
The elusive Brown Hairstreak — a nationally scarce species which has suffered a dramatic decline in numbers over the last decade — was last year spotted in the city at Patcham.
Now Brighton & Hove City Council’s countryside rangers and butterfly experts want to find out if the species is breeding in other parts of the city as well.
As a result they are organising hunts at six different locations on the weekend of February 25 and 26 (see details below) for adults and children to search for the eggs of the Brown Hairstreak — which are easier to spot than the butterfly itself.
The aim is to discover just how far the range of the butterfly extends and help to extend it further by providing information on steps to encourage the Brown Hairstreak by providing suitable habitats.
Councillor Pete West, Brighton & Hove City Council’s Cabinet Member for Environment and Sustainability, who will be taking part in one of the hunts on Sunday*, said: “Winter may seem a strange time to look for a butterfly, but in the case of the Brown Hairstreak the adults are so elusive, spending most of their lives in the tops of trees and bushes where it is hard to see them, that it is easier to find the eggs. These are laid on blackthorn twigs and children are particularly good at spotting them!
“We hope people of all ages will join in the hunts, they promise to be a great way of finding out more about wildlife on our doorstep.”
Dr Dan Danahar, Brighton & Hove Conservation officer for the Sussex branch of Butterfly Conservation and a local teacher, said: “Butterfly Conservation is delighted that Brighton & Hove’s Countryside Rangers are organising a hunt to look for the eggs of the Brown Hairstreak butterfly.
“This is a nationally scare butterfly species which has shown a decline of 40 per cent over the last ten years. It spends the majority of its adult life in the canopies of trees, where it is difficult to observe but it passes the winter as a conspicuous white egg on Blackthorn bushes.
“Last year a female was recorded from Patcham, so it is very possible that the species is already breeding here in the city. If we can identify any locations where the species occurs, we can start to manage the habitats to support the butterfly. With help from Brighton & Hove’s Countryside rangers we hope to help to stem the national decline of this species.”
The butterfly lays its eggs in young blackthorn bushes in sheltered sites, in sunny aspects, so measures such as cutting back old blackthorn to create new growth, and sheltered spaces, can help to provide a suitable habitat.
Join the egg hunt and learn more about the butterfly at the following locations, for further information contact Brighton & Hove City Council on 01273 292929:
Saturday February 25
10.30am Benfield Hill/ Benfield Golf Course
Meet outside Hangleton Manor, Hangleton Valley Drive
1.30pm Hollingbury Woods
Meet Hollingbury Park, Ditchling Road, opposite Woodbourne Avenue
3.00pm Bevendean
Meet outside the Community Centre, Norwich Drive
Sunday February 26
10.30am Beacon Hill, Rottingdean
Meet at the top of Beacon Hill Road
12noon Whitehawk Hill
Meet at entrance to Wyevale Garden Centre Warren Road
2pm Waterhall
Meet at the bottom of the Waterhall golf course car park (off Dyke Road)
*Cllr Pete West, Brighton & Hove City Council’s Cabinet Member for Environment and Sustainability, will be taking part in this hunt with his family.
Free Home Efficiency Surveys
by formaldehyde on Feb.20, 2012, under News
If you live in Hannover, Hollingdean or Portslade you qualify for a free Home Efficiency Survey from the Brighton Energy Co-operative.
The surveys, usually costing around four hundred pounds, are intended to assess how to make your home cheaper and more comfortable to run. They highlight simple measures you can take – such as draught-proofing and wall insulation – and show what cost-effective options could meet your needs.
Check out their website here to learn more.
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