Third Battle of Newbury in the press
These are some of the news reports about the conflict in Newbury, UK, in 1996. For a good introduction to what this was all about, read this.
The Guardian ( * = Eco Soundings)
Date |
Title,details |
Filename |
06.12.95 |
Earth burst! by Camilla Berens |
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15.01.96 |
Road protesters replant trees,p.5 (Britain) |
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16.01.96 |
Chain reaction puts bypass gains in reverse, Owen Bowcott |
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17.01.96 |
Newbury firms join protest at bypass, Owen Bowcott,p.5 (home news) |
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18.01.96 |
Minister voices doubts over future of car society, Rebecca Smithers, p.7 |
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18.01.96 |
Police balk at cost of bypass duty, Owen Bowcott and Alex Bellos, p.7 |
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19.01.96 |
Road contractors `quit',Alex Bellos |
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22.01.96 |
Bypass chainsaw plea,p.5 (home news) |
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27.01.96 |
Newbury protesters prepare for end of the high life, Vivek Chauhary |
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30.01.96 |
Far-sighted view from the tripod,Hugo Young |
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30.01.96 |
Guards at bypass 'fear for health and safety' by John Vidal |
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10.02.96 |
Prayers amid bypass mud,Gary Younge,p.7 |
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12.02.96 |
Bypass march claims protest record,Alex Bellos |
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17.02.96 |
Mountaineers back protest, John Vidal |
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21.02.96 |
Cold comfort of life on the road,Gibby Zobel |
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23.02.96 |
Bypass bridge redesign condemned as illusion of wildlife concern, by Sally Weale |
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06.03.96 |
*20 arrests,Granny Ash,RIP,John Vidal,G2,pp.4-5 |
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07.03.96 |
Treetop party...,John Vidal, front page |
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08.03.96 |
Bailiffs' climbers defect,Gary Younge |
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09.03.96 |
Road protesters brought down to earth, Gary Younge and John Vidal |
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13.03.96 |
Climbers in hand to hand battles,J.Vidal,p.3 |
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15.03.96 |
Government denies bypass cash hitch,J.Vidal,p.6 |
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20.03.96 |
Special branch patrol,Jay Griffiths,G2 p.4 |
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21.03.96 |
Protesters win another battle,J.Vidal |
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27.03.96 |
Tallest protest tree felled,J.Vidal |
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01.04.96 |
Road activists plan busy summer,Alex Bellos |
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03.04.96 |
*Eco Soundings, John Vidal, G2, p.4 |
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04.04.96 |
Music in our message,Gibby Zobel,G2,pp.8-9 |
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06.04.96 |
Battle of the lone pine, Jay Griffiths and John Vidal, (Guardian Weekly pp.22-26 |
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09.04.96 |
The bypass of justice,John Vidal,G2,p.13 |
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17.04.96 |
*Eco Soundings, G2, p.4 |
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19.04.96 |
`Agitators' add to protest cost,J.Vidal |
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13.01.97 |
Unhappy birthday..., John Vidal, p.3 |
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13.01.97 |
Dawn eviction..., Geoffrey Gibbs,p.3 |
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15.01.97 |
Dark side of the roads, Paul Evans,pp.4-5 |
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29.01.97 |
*The hole truth..., John Vidal, G2 pp.4-5 |
The Independent
Date |
Title, details |
Filename |
08.01.96 |
Protesters at battle stations in Newbury, Danny Penman, p.3 |
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09.01.96 |
Road Rage, Danny Penman, Section Two,p.2 |
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11.01.96 |
Bypass protest scores another victory, Danny Penman, front page and p.2 |
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19.01.96 |
Bypass activists and the baronet's wife, Danny Penman |
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10.02.96 |
Church rift over bypass blessing, Ros Wynne-Jones, p.11 (news) |
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13.02.96 |
Protesters take bypass battle to road builders, Danny Penman, p.8 (home) |
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19.02.96 |
Bypass to give `too little' gain for pain, Danny Penman, p.8 (news) |
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19.02.96 |
Snail's place in protest folklore, Nicholas Schoon,p.8 (news) |
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28.02.96 |
Court setback for Newbury protest (In brief) |
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01.03.96 |
13 arrests after dawn raid to evict bypass protesters, Clare Garner, front page |
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03.03.96 |
Police evict bypass protesters in dawn raid |
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05.03.96 |
Bypass for first cuckoos...,Clare Garner |
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10.03.96 |
Newbury climbers are `betraying friends', Charles Arthur, p. 10 |
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12.03.96 |
Top climbers in Newbury clash Charles Arthur, p.6 |
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15.03.96 |
Bypass threatened (In brief) |
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24.03.96 |
Yet more snails emerge as threat to Newbury bypass, Oliver Tickell |
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30.03.96 |
Protester hurt in fall (In brief) |
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03.04.96 |
Last stand at bypass (In brief) |
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04.04.96 |
Newbury oak saved (In brief) |
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06.04.96 |
Eco-warriors undefeated,Mary Braid,p.17 |
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18.04.96 |
£6m Newbury bill (In brief,p.2) |
The Daily Telegraph / The Sunday Telegraph
11.03.96 |
Newbury protesters hatch nest-box plot |
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12.01.97 |
Seven held as Newbury bypass demo boils over, Greg Neale, p.2 |
The Times / The Sunday Times
15.01.96 |
Bypass protesters eligible for Giros, Nigel Williamson |
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16.01.96 |
Protesters halt bypass |
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14.02.96 |
Bypass evictions (brief) |
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08.03.96 |
Newbury eviction defeat mountaineer,S.Farrell |
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12.01.97 |
Violence flares at Newbury protest,C.Norton |
Evening Standard
05.12.95 |
`Eco-warriors' on alert for Newbury bulldozers |
Updated 2005-06-10
Compiled by: Ragnar Skre, email: ragnar.skre@gmail.com or rs@middleoak.org.