http://www.douglascommunitycouncil.info/rssnews.asp Douglas Community Council (incorporating Glespin and surrounding area) | News True sense of community Dear Ed, May I, on behalf of a very significant number of residents, thank all of the protesters for their tremendous effort of opposition to the Mainshill opencast site http://www.douglascommunitycouncil.info/news.asp?id=24647 http://www.douglascommunitycouncil.info/news.asp?id=24647 04 March 2010 Looking for your attention at the Centre   Iain Waller (left) the Development Coordinator publishes the first quarterly newsletter from St. Brides Church, Community Centre on behalf of the St http://www.douglascommunitycouncil.info/news.asp?id=24558 http://www.douglascommunitycouncil.info/news.asp?id=24558 01 March 2010 Prize Bingo – Douglas Flower Show committee is holding a prize bingo in the Bowling Green on Wednesday March 3 at 7pm. Tea tickets costing £1 are available at the door on the night. Any do http://www.douglascommunitycouncil.info/news.asp?id=24513 http://www.douglascommunitycouncil.info/news.asp?id=24513 26 February 2010 Found verse...lost valley   As the latest episode in the rape and destruction of the Douglas Valley landscape gets under way at Mainshill, I wonder what erstwhile civic leader in Douglas, Wil http://www.douglascommunitycouncil.info/news.asp?id=24176 http://www.douglascommunitycouncil.info/news.asp?id=24176 15 February 2010 SURFACE SHOT FIRED Protesters have grilled Scottish Coal bosses on proposals to extract a further 500,000 tonnes of coal from the existing Glentaggart Surface Mine in Glespin. http://www.douglascommunitycouncil.info/news.asp?id=24622 http://www.douglascommunitycouncil.info/news.asp?id=24622 13 February 2010 Protesters bail to Birkhill - Gazette   As the evictions continued at Mainshill in Douglas, where protesters against an opencast coal site have been camping in the wood for seven months, busi http://www.douglascommunitycouncil.info/news.asp?id=23945 http://www.douglascommunitycouncil.info/news.asp?id=23945 07 February 2010 Deep mining in Douglas: a history   Despite all the controversy over the past year regarding mining in the Douglas Valley no-one could argue that the area has a rich mining heritage. For mor http://www.douglascommunitycouncil.info/news.asp?id=23944 http://www.douglascommunitycouncil.info/news.asp?id=23944 06 February 2010 One O’clock Club – Winners of games played on Tuesday January 26 were dominoes – Mary Paterson, challenge dominoes – Jenny Hastie, bowls – Peggy Brown & Jenny Morri http://www.douglascommunitycouncil.info/news.asp?id=23942 http://www.douglascommunitycouncil.info/news.asp?id=23942 05 February 2010   Mainshill eviction news headlines       Mainshill Solidarity Camp evicted – not an end, but a beginning - Earth First Final protesters evicted from the Mainshil http://www.douglascommunitycouncil.info/news.asp?id=23756 http://www.douglascommunitycouncil.info/news.asp?id=23756 31 January 2010 43 Arrested as Open-Cast Protest Eviction Enters Day Five As the eviction of the Mainshill Solidarity Camp enters its fifth day, the number of arrests has now reached 43, with more expected over th http://www.douglascommunitycouncil.info/news.asp?id=23718 http://www.douglascommunitycouncil.info/news.asp?id=23718 29 January 2010