Stop Castor 2011: Live updates in English

hu 12:16 pm Various sources saying the CASTOR train is to be kept in France until tomorrow +++ German news agency, dpa, says a 24-hour halt before it reaches the Franco-German border is under consideration +++ Police forces massed in Forbach and Berg +++ More than 200 protesters rallied in Berg, Rhineland-Palatinate, a possible border crossing point +++ Helicopters patrolling routes to Wörth and Saarbrücken in the border area +++ Climbing-activists of the Robin Wood organisation have set up a tree house in Langendorf next to the CASTOR route +++ In Lérouville radiation of 0.45 µSv/h was measured 30 metres away from the CASTORS



Thu 3:50 pm > Information rally about blocking the southern route in Café Palaver , Karlsruhe, at 8 pm.

Thu 3:47 pm > AREVA hosting a news conference in Rémilly about the Castortransport.
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Thu 2:00 pm > In the border area the routes to Wörth and Saarbrücken are being patrolled by helicopters.

Thu 1:40 pm > Police being massed in Berg.



Thu 12:44 pm > Dannenberg: At 1 pm press conference at Esso-Wiese in Dannenberg to introduce the protests against the waste delivery.



Thu 12:35 pm > Climbing-activists of the Robin Wood organisation have set up a tree house in Langendorf next to the CASTOR route.

Thu 12:16 pm > The most varied sources are saying that the CASTOR train is to be kept in France until tomorrow.



Thu 12:00 noon > Police forces have been marshalling for some time in Forbach.



Thu 11:21 am > The schoolchildren’s demo in Lüchow (photos) has swollen to more than 2,000 people.
http://www.publixviewing.de/index.php?cont=news&id=143&n=1%20

hu 11:17 am > A staff member of SNCF, the national French railway corporation, has told the German dapd news agency that the CASTOR train is planned to cross into Germany tomorrow.



Thu 10:40 am > It is rumoured that the train would remain parked for some time in Rémilly.

Thu 10:14 am > 1,400 people and 10 tractors have gathered for the demonstration by schoolchildren in Lüchow.



Thu 10:06 am > CastorTV reports live from the demo by schoolchildren in Lüchow

http://www.castortv.de/

Thu 10:00 am > More than 200 protesters have rallied in Berg, Rhineland-Palatinate.



Thu 9:54 am > Locomotives and police personnel travelling on the CASTOR train are being exchanged in Rémilly.



Thu 9:39 am > Train waiting in the station of Rémilly to resume the trip. This is where it’s decided whether it turns off to Forbach.



Thu 9:28 am > More than 200 police waiting for arrival of the CASTOR train in Rémilly.



Thu 9:21 am > Halted in Rémilly.



Thu 9:12 am > Through Metz



Thu 8:56 am > In Lüchow young supermarket shoppers are being searched for eggs and the like after shopping. At 9:30 a demonstration by schoolchildren is to start there.



Thu 8:16 am > Journey resumes in Lérouville.



Thu 8:15 am > A permanent vigil began in Breese in der Marsch at 8 am.



Thu 8:06 am > In Lérouville radiation of 0.45 µSv/h was measured 30 metres away from the CASTORS.



Thu 8:00 am > Halted in Lérouville



Thu 7:50 am > Rumour: According to the German news agency, dpa, a 24-hour halt of the Castor train before it reaches the Franco-German border is under consideration.



Thu 7:38 am > At a distance from it of 2 metres a CASTOR radiates 1.65 µSv/h at background radiation of 0.13µSv/h



Thu 7:25 am > Through Bar-le-Duc



Thu 7:25 am > Through Bar-le-Duc



Thu 5:20 am > Moves on from Reims



Thu 4:30 > Stopped in Reims



Thu 2:14 am > Longueau: Sortir du nucléaire reports a photographer managing to get onto the rails where the train is parked without being stopped by police.



Thu 3:05 am > Train has run through Laon, expected in Reims in about an hour.



Thu 2:52 am > Through Laon



Thu 1:33 am > The train has left Longueau, heading for Reims, the southern route.



Thu 1:15 am > Through Longueau



Wed 11:42 pm > Through Amiens



Wed 10:38 pm > Outside Rouen the train was held up several times by disruptive actions of activists.



Wed 10:39 pm > Sortir de nucléaire reports the train passing Monterolier-Buchy, an hour and a half behind schedule.



Wed 10:23 pm > Passing through Monterolier-Buchy.



Wed 10:00 pm > Passing through saint-martin du vivier.



Wed 10 pm > Radio Wendland reports all arrested people released, all injured left care.





Wed 9:27 pm > Reporters of the ZDF German television say 16 people were arrested in Valognes and three people were slightly injured. Radio Freies Wendland reported 19 arrests; people leaving camp in Yvetot-Bocage are checked by police.







Wed 6:40 pm > Train passes Caen



Wed 6:38 pm > Yvetot-Bocage Police searching the protest camp near Valognes.



Wed 6:16 pm > Lüneburg All passenger train traffic between Lüneburg und Dannenberg has ceased.



Wed 6:14 pm > Göttingen: at 4 pm demo by kindergarten kids and parents, with kick cars and tractors.



Wed 5:53 pm > Caen: Group of protesters.



Wed 5:18 pm > Rouen: About 80 people demonstrating.



Wed 4:55 pm > Train runs through Flottemanville.



Wed 4:55 pm > Flottemanville: The Castor train has left Valognes on its second attempt.



Wed 4:30 pm > Greenpeace press release
http://www.greenpeace.de/themen/atomkraft/presseerklaerungen/artikel/castortransport_in_frankreich_gestartet/

Wed 4:18 pm > Valognes: Radio Freies Wendland reports the train stopped again after a few hundred metres because of warning signals.



Wed 4:03 pm > Valognes: Sortir de nucléaire reports three arrests and 2 injured in protests.



Wed 4:01 pm > Valognes: journey resumed.



Wed 4:01 pm > Valognes: The train has departed.



Wed 4:00 pm > Valognes: Rumour that train has started.



Wed 4:11 pm > At Dahlem near Dahlenburg another protest camp was approved.



Wed 4:10 pm > Valognes: Rumour that Castor train departure delayed until about 3.30 pm.



Wed 4:08 pm > Valognes: One protester injured by police beating with a truncheon, several peaople suffering the effects of teargas.



Wed 4:03 pm > Valognes: Railbed being repaired under police protection.



Wed 4:00 pm > Wendland: Radio Freies Wendland begins broadcasting.



Wed 3:39 pm > Rumour that the village of Quickborn is being kettled. It's claimed that an explosives sniffer dog had found something.



Wed 3:54 pm > A loud demonstration with 500 school kids taking place in Göttingen.



Valognes: The departure of the CASTOR train appears to be delayed because rails and railbed were damaged.



Wed 3:28 pm > Valognes: Police pursue activists wanting to return to camp, protesters have been injured.



Wed: 2:51 pm > Quickborn: The suspected explosive was a mock-up, a cardbox box with “Peng” (“Bang!”) written on.



Wed 2:42 pm > Valognes: The loss of railway power was caused by a fire set in a transformer box.





Wed 1:49 pm > Valognes: Rumour that the railways have lost power near Valognes, cause not known.

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