How About Some Good Old Zero Tolerance?

I reckon this is one for Nottingham City Homes to have a look at, and maybe the police too.

There's a somewhat alarming report on Notts Indymedia by somebody who saw a couple of nazi flags being flown from the window of one of the Victoria Centre flats.

The photo in the report isn't as clear as it could be so there may be an element of taking the report author's word for it but presuming  the flags are as stated, i.e. a white power one and an AWB emblem then I suspect that somebody may well be in breach of their tenancy agreement at the least and is probably committing a public order offence.

Now this may be entirely unconnected but, as the comment below the article states, failed BNP Parliamentary candidate for Nottingham North just happens to live in the flats. I have no idea whether that's his flat the flags are flying from but presumably NCH does. And if it's not his I presume it shouldn't be too difficult for them to work out which flat it is and pop round for a visit.

It's funny because normally council officials are very quick to go and remove unauthorised banners in the name of combatting anti-social behaviour, as a little old lady in Clifton and the odd local campaign group would be able to testify. Maybe they haven't got a head for heights?

'That' Report in Full

A while back we mentioned the Eve Post's coverage of the leaked report by Hardmoor Associates stating, among other things, that NCC is 'dysfunctional'. Unfortunately the wimps at EP didn't provide us with a downloadable copy.

Thank goodness then for Indymedia who have by some means closed this gap.

A direct viewing link from Indymedia is here or you can download the file to your hard drive here.

I've had a quick skim through and I have to say that there's nothing to change my original conclusion that Hardmoor's mistake was to tell NCC something they didn't want to hear.

Update; report now available on Wikileaks.

CCTV in Forest Fields

(thanks to jamesholden.net/billboard)

Nottingham City Council is 'proposing' a new CCTV scheme in Forest Fields. They are planning three masts and it is being planned by NCC's Area 4 Neighbourhood Management team.

There was a recent 'consultation meeting', see the Indymedia report here by regular Indymedia contributor, journalist and photographer Alan 'Tash' Lodge. Amusingly, members of the Area 4 team objected to Alan photographing them. Alan reminded them they were they there hawking a CCTV scheme, yet objecting to being photographed themselves. Some people just walk into them don't they...

Further consultation is apparently planned on a 'by house' basis, somewhat ignoring the high level of multiple occupation in the area.

Note the start of a new Forest Fields blog, linked over there -->

More Indymedia coverage here.

Update; Forest Fields blog's own report here.