Extinction Rebellion protests: Eco-activists plot Heathrow shutdown at the start of Easter bank holiday weekend April 18, 2019 Climate change activists are planning to shut down the UK’s busiest airport tomorrow to coincide with the Easter bank holiday weekend, according to reports. Extinction Rebellion has called on supporters to meet at Heathrow Airport on Good Friday as thousands of holidaymakers prepare to depart for the long weekend. Read more: Climate change activists denied [...]
Extinction Rebellion protests: Climate change activists denied bail after DLR protest as police make 428 arrests April 18, 2019 Three climate change activists have been denied bail after being charged in connection with a protest blocking a Docklands Light Railway train at Canary Wharf station yesterday. Cathy Eastburn, 51, of Gerards Close, Lambeth, Mark Ovland, 35, of Keinton Mandeville, Somerset and Luke Watson, 29, of Manuden, Essex pleaded not guilty with obstructing trains or carriages [...]
Extinction Rebellion protest: Climate change protesters block Vauxhall Bridge on fourth day of action April 18, 2019 Climate change protesters have blocked Vauxhall Bridge on the fourth day of action in central London this week. Read more: London shutdown goes on in fourth day of climate change protests Transport for London (TfL) confirmed that demonstrators were "intermittently" blocking the road, and drivers should expect delays. A bit reminiscent of 28 days later…. Vauxhall Bridge [...]
Extinction Rebellion’s climate change protests blockades London roads for fourth day April 18, 2019 Londoners face another day of climate change protests today after action has so far cost businesses millions in lost revenue and disrupted key transport services. Read more: Protesters glue themselves to train at Canary Wharf station The Extinction Rebellion protest entered its fourth day this morning as organisers vowed they would not leave until the [...]
Campaigning against climate change doesn’t make you above the law April 18, 2019 UNTIL this week, the anti-climate change activist group Extinction Rebellion had hardly been a household name. Its various activities, like pouring fake blood onto Downing Street and stripping semi-naked during a session of the House of Commons, had been received with the sort of good humour that the British people always reserve for righteous causes [...]
Radical climate protestors are beginning to resemble a cult April 17, 2019 Climate change is not a fringe issue, nor is it suffering as a topic from a lack of attention. It is taught in schools and debated extensively in the media. It occupies a central position in policy-making and increasingly commands the attention of businesses and the investment community. The governor of the Bank of England, [...]
Sticky situation: Protesters glue themselves to Jeremy Corbyn’s fence April 17, 2019 Four particularly plucky protesters have glued themselves to a fence outside the house of Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn this afternoon. Images of activists attached to the leader of the opposition’s front fence surfaced on social media this afternoon, in the latest move by protesters at the Extinction Rebellion demonstrations in London. https://twitter.com/mrmatthewtaylor/status/1118518018856894464 Read more: [...]
Climate change protesters glue themselves to DLR train at Canary Wharf station April 17, 2019 Climate change protesters have glued themselves to a DLR train at Canary Wharf as police reportedly closed access to parts of the station in response to the disruption. Read more: Protesters reveal rail disruption plan as police shut Tube Wi-Fi Extinction Rebellion activists today stepped up their London protests by targeting the capital’s transport network, [...]
West End businesses lose £12m in two days during climate change protests April 17, 2019 West End businesses have lost an estimated £12m in sales due to the disruption caused by climate change protesters this week. Extinction Rebellion protests at Oxford Circus, Piccadilly Circus, Marble Arch have hit retailers in London’s main shopping district, with some stores reporting a 25 per cent drop in footfall. Read more: Climate change protesters target [...]
Climate change protesters reveal rail disruption plan as police shut Tube Wi-Fi April 17, 2019 Activism group Extinction Rebellion will block London trains this morning as it increases pressure on the government over climate change. Protestors will block a London Overground route at 11am today in the third day of action, which has seen major disruption on the capital's roads on Monday and Tuesday this week. Police switched off the Tube [...]