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Six arrests after Extinction Rebellion occupy Shell oil tanker

Six people have been arrested after climate change activists climbed on to an oil tanker in central London. Extinction Rebellion said three people climbed on top of the Shell tanker and held a banner which said “end fossil filth” in Bayswater Road ...

16 Apr 2022 at 15:25

Extinction Rebellion block four of London’s busiest bridges on bank holiday

Climate change protesters have blocked four of London’s busiest bridges on the first day of the Easter bank holiday. Hundreds of Extinction Rebellion activists were on Waterloo, Blackfriars, Lambeth and Westminster bridges, calling for an end to ...

15 Apr 2022 at 17:25

Officer ‘surprised’ by Patel’s late night call to superior during XR protest

A police officer said he was “surprised” by Priti Patel’s out-of-hours call to his superior as they responded to an Extinction Rebellion (XR) protest in Hertfordshire. Five XR activists – who were part of a 14-hour blockade that targeted ...

15 Mar 2022 at 17:55

Extinction Rebellion to bring ‘millions on to streets’ amid protest law change

Extinction Rebellion (XR) has announced plans to bring “millions of people on to the streets” after the Government launched a fresh bid to crack down on disruptive “guerrilla protests”. The climate change protest group said it is ...

11 May 2022 at 11:25

Extinction Rebellion plans to block oil refineries next month

Extinction Rebellion has announced plans to block major UK oil refineries in April. The direct action group said it intends to “stop the harm at the source” as part of its campaign to force the Government to stop the fossil fuel ...

09 Mar 2022 at 11:55

Extinction Rebellion activists ‘vindicated’ by jury over rush-hour train protest

Extinction Rebellion activists who were cleared over a 2019 stunt which saw them disrupt rush-hour trains in central London said they feel “vindicated” by the jury’s decision – and hope it will inspire others to take similar ...

14 Jan 2022 at 15:04

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Extinction Rebellion activists cleared by jury over rush-hour train protest

Three Extinction Rebellion activists have been cleared over a 2019 stunt which saw them cause 77 minutes of disruption to a central London train. Reverend Sue Parfitt, 79, Father Martin Newell, 54, and former university ...

14 Jan 2022 at 12:55

Acquittal of activists shows public taking climate crisis ‘far more seriously’

The acquittal of three Extinction Rebellion activists who stopped a rush-hour train in central London is part of an “escalating pattern” of juries taking climate change more seriously than the Government, their lawyer ...

14 Jan 2022 at 17:55

Activist who had sentence cut says justice system ‘torn’ over climate protesters

An Extinction Rebellion activist who had his jail sentence cut by appeal judges after being convicted of causing a public nuisance at an airport says the “criminal justice system” is “deeply conflicted” over climate ...

14 Jan 2022 at 16:55

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Airliner climate crisis protester has sentence cut by appeal judges

A former Paralympic athlete given a 12-month jail term after supergluing himself to the roof of a British Airways plane at London City Airport in a bid to draw attention to the climate crisis has had his sentence ...

14 Jan 2022 at 11:25

‘Labour want people supergluing themselves to motorways,’ says Rees-Mogg

Labour are “advertisers for superglue” and “want people gluing themselves to motorways”, Jacob Rees-Mogg has said. The claim came as the Commons Leader faced accusations that Labour and rebel Conservatives in ...

20 Jan 2022 at 14:25

Environmental groups issue autumn warning for concerted protests

Environmental protest groups have claimed they will band together this autumn to bring Westminster to a standstill and drive the police to “breaking point”. Hundreds of activists staged a sit-in outside ...

23 Jul 2022 at 18:25

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