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 [...]
Climate change protesters threaten to disrupt London Tube to cause chaos for commuters April 17, 2019 Climate change activists vowed to target London’s Tube services today as part of a protest that has led to 300 arrests across the capital. Read more: Climate protesters attack Shell HQ as London blockades continue Extinction Rebellion protesters plan to disrupt the London Underground and London bus services today after bringing traffic to a standstill [...]
Climate change protests: 122 arrests as Extinction Rebellion’s London shutdown continues April 16, 2019 More than 120 protesters have been arrested during the ongoing anti-climate change demonstrations that have brought central London to a standstill. The Met confirmed that 122 arrests have been made at the Extinction Rebellion protests since they began at 1pm yesterday, with the majority of people arrested for obstructing the Waterloo Bridge last night. Read more: [...]
Climate change protest: 113 activists arrested as London rally enters second day April 16, 2019 More than 100 protestors were arrested during an anti-climate change demonstration in central London yesterday. Read more: Climate protesters attack Shell HQ as London blockades continue Police confirmed that a total of 113 arrests had been made at the Extinction Rebellion protest, the majority of which were for breach of the public order act or [...]
Ground to a halt: Climate change protesters smash windows at Shell’s London HQ as blockades continue April 15, 2019 Climate change protesters have attacked the London base of Shell, smashing doors and defacing the property as thousands of activists took to the streets in central London today. Read more: The cheek of it: Climate activists strip off in parliament Demonstrators graffitied the oil giant’s headquarters near Waterloo and several appeared to have glued their [...]
London Oxford Street traffic brought to standstill by climate change protest April 12, 2019 Around 1,000 student strikers caused traffic chaos in central London today as part of a climate change demonstration. Read more: Working groups established to help finance sector deal with climate change The protesters blocked Oxford Street at the intersection with Regent Street as the third nationwide climate protest turned into a march. Queuing traffic spilled [...]
The cheek of it: Climate activists strip off in protest in House of Commons as Brexit debate rages on April 1, 2019 Cracks in the House of Commons were laid bare today by something other than MPs arguing over Brexit, as 12 protesters stripped off in the public viewing gallery. Politicians were shocked as semi-naked protesters glued their hands to the glass partition above the debate, resulting in their eventual arrest. Read more: Climate change activists Extinction Rebellion [...]
Climate change activists Extinction Rebellion begin fourth day of protest with demonstration in Parliament Square November 24, 2018 Climate change protest group Extinction Rebellion has launched a fourth day of action in London today by staging a demonstration in Parliament Square. The group, which brought the capital to a halt last Saturday, is protesting what it describes as a lack of action by the government on global warming. “We refuse to bequeath a [...]