Full Coverage: United Kingdom

30.06.2004 Bayer CropScience, the multi-national agro-chemical and biotech corporation, has dropped its court action against Friends of the Earth. It had tried to prevent the environmental group from telling the public how to access safety data on pesticides - including a flagship weedkiller for use on GM herbicide tolerant crops in the UK, Glufosinate Ammonium.

30.06.2004 Commending the work of British Military Police in locating the remains of an interpreter who went missing in Iraq more than one year ago, media workers are calling for re-newed efforts to establish the fate of the cameraman who disappeared during the same incident.

29.06.2004 This public meeting, "From Dover to Morecambe Bay: tragedy and government immigration policy", looks at the lessons to be learned from the experience of the Dover 58 and Morecambe Bay tragedies. The meeting, organised by the Monitoring Group, takes place on 7 July, 2.00 to 5.00 pm, in London.

29.06.2004 Take part in this three-day conference, 8-10 July, in Dublin, organised by the Women’s Studies Association. The event aims to provide a forum for exploring various discourses, politics and theories of feminism and its challenges to globalisation.

29.06.2004 An awareness of gender issues in humanitarian assistance can be crucial both for assessing what is needed and for providing quality services. Take part in this three-day training programme, 9-11 July, in London. The course is organised by IHE/RedR.

29.06.2004 MPs, trade unionists, business organisations and political activists are launching a new group to defend Britain's migrants and make the case for more legal migration.

29.06.2004 An investigation is underway into a leaflet published by the Welsh Labour Party. The leaflet allegedly called on people not to vote for the Liberal Democrats because they supported a permanent Traveller site in Cardiff.

28.06.2004 Representatives from communities around the world will attend Shell's AGM on Monday 28 June in London to demand justice from the oil company, which they say is causing severe health problems and environmental damage from Nigeria to Texas, from Sakhalin to South Africa.

28.06.2004 Commission for Racial Equality chief Trevor Phillips is facing calls from black community leaders to come out against the single equality body. As opposition in Westminster grows, activists are hopeful Phillips will reflect the hostility of Black communities towards the governments’ proposals.

28.06.2004 Climate change is the biggest environmental issue facing us today. This year, the UK Government’s chief scientific adviser described the threat of climate change as more serious than the threat of terrorism. It is happening now and its effects will be felt by all of us, especially by poor people in poor countries. Check out People & Planet’s webpage and help your university go green.

28.06.2004 Local Amnesty International groups really do make a difference. They raise the profile of human rights in their local area and make connections with people around the world, helping them get released from unlawful detention. Find out more about groups working in your local area.

25.06.2004 Gypsies living at the Payne's Lane site, on the edge of the Lea Valley Park, north-east London, are being threatened with prison by Epping Forest District Council if they do not leave. Three BNP councillors were recently elected promising to evict Gypsies.

25.06.2004 FARM-Africa has criticised the Department for International Development for promoting direct budget support to Africa governments with limited capacity. This makes it difficult for agriculture to receive the resources needed to stimulate growth and reduce poverty, says the agricultural development NGO, which calls for specific targeting of funds to agriculture to deliver pro-poor growth.

25.06.2004 With 1,000 “VIP guests” expected at Farnborough International 2004 in July, the Campaign Against Arms Trade is hoping the public will join it in calling on Lloyds TSB to withdraw sponsorship from what activists say is “an arms fair they call an air show”.

24.06.2004 Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK without an independent Environmental Protection Agency, despite repeated calls from a wide range of bodies including WWF Northern Ireland.

23.06.2004 On the eve of what is expected to be rancorous annual meeting of angry shareholders, Royal Dutch/Shell is coming under strong attack by environmental activists who charge that the oil giant is not living up to its promises of environmental and social responsibility.

23.06.2004 Cotham High School have been in negotiation with their Sodexho contracted caterers. They now have Fairtrade chocolate bars in the canteen and Fairtrade tea and coffee in the common room.

23.06.2004 A mentally ill patient who died after being restrained last month might still be alive today if government guidelines on restraint had been agreed, experts believe.

23.06.2004 10,000 "clean" vehicles brought onto Britain’s streets last year as part of a government programme have helped prevent 29,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide polluting the air.

22.06.2004 Attend this public meeting against internment without trial under anti-terror laws at the House of Lords on 6 July, at 6.30pm. The meeting has been organised by the Campaign Against Criminalising Communities and is supported by Liberty and the Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers.