Charlie Alford

No prison for Heathrow paint sprayers

Post author:The Canary
Post published:30 June 2026
Post last modified:1 July 2026

Two Just Stop Oil Supporters who sprayed Heathrow departure boards with orange paint during the Oil Kills, international uprising to end fossil fuels in July 2024 have been spared prison. Phoebe Plummer and Jane Touil were sentenced by Judge Duncan at Isleworth Crown Court on 29 June, after being found guilty of criminal damage in a second trial in May for their Heathrow action on 30 July 2024 to demand a fossil fuel treaty to end oil and gas by 2030. They must each pay a £500 fine plus a victim surcharge and will face three months on an electronic tag…

Scottish courts further denigrate rights for trans people with prison ruling

Post author:Jamal Awar
Post published:21 June 2026
Post last modified:21 June 2026

Scotland’s highest civil court has ruled that guidance allowing some trans women to be housed in women’s prisons was unlawful. This is undoubtedly another setback in an increasingly hostile environment for trans people across the UK. It is incredible how fast the legal arguments fall in line once political appetite changes. And now that fascism is creeping across the UK, clearly the most vulnerable communities are facing the sharpest end of oppression. Human rights for some The Court of Session ruled that Scottish prison guidance was unlawful because it allowed some trans women to be accommodated in the women’s estate following…

Palestinian prisoner dies in notorious Israeli prison

Post author:Charlie Jaay
Post published:16 June 2026
Post last modified:17 June 2026

Imad Sarhan, 48, was a Palestinian who had been imprisoned for almost 25 years by the Israeli occupation before his death on 14 June. The late Sarhan suffered from a heart attack whilst in the high security Gilboa prison. Repeated tortured in Israeli custody He was abducted from his home in Haifa, on 15 October 2001, and sentenced to life imprisonment plus 10 years. From his first day in prison, until the day he died, he underwent severe and systematic interrogation and torture sessions. He was also subjected to deliberate medical neglect, and regularly kept in solitary confinement, once for a…

Basque police brutally beat Palestine activists after they return from Israeli prison

Post author:Robert Freeman
Post published:26 May 2026
Post last modified:8 June 2026

It might have looked like a scene from a prison in so-called ‘Israel’, but the appalling scenes actually unfolded at Bilbao airport. It wasn’t Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) beating peaceful Basque activists, but rather their own police force, the Ertzaintza, who smashed them with batons as they lay helpless on the ground. More shockingly still, the activists had only just returned from captivity in ‘Israeli’ dungeons. They were participants in the heroic Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF), which sought to bring aid to Palestinians starved by Zionists’ grotesque restriction of aid to Gaza. As GSF explain: When a family member, waiting anxiously…

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Post author:Alf
Post published:17 January 2025
Post last modified:8 June 2026

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Post author:Alf
Post published:6 January 2025
Post last modified:8 June 2026

Family

Post author:Alf
Post published:5 January 2025
Post last modified:8 June 2026

Having traced the Charles Alford family tree back to our very own Charles I, the line continues to this day, no thanks to my late father who tried to buck the trend by refusing to name me Charles. In 2026 with limited time remaining, I changed my name by deed poll (legally) to continue the tradition. It is now up to my son, Jack to atone for my mistake in not insisting he be named accordingly; not that there was much choice in the matter in 1985. The original Alfords of 1758 showing Charles I (1758 - 1839) & his…

Ted Madges

Post author:Alf
Post published:4 January 2025
Post last modified:8 July 2026

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Rat Patrol & More

Post author:Alf
Post published:3 January 2025
Post last modified:8 July 2026

ALF THE GIGS According to records kept by manager Pip Hulme (R.I.P), Rat Patrol played their first gig on Tuesday 23rd November 1982 at The Mitre (soon to become the ill fated Mama Stone's) in Mary Arches Street, Exeter, Devon. Rat Patrol owe a debt of gratitude to both Pip and also to Mike, Don and Jonny, aka Rockin' Mike & The Thunderbirds for letting the Rats support them on their first two outings. We should also mention the inimitable John Bain (aka: Attila The Stockbroker) who gave the band a cracking write up in Sounds magazine and went on to…