Just Stop Oil’s Square Mile slow walk causes chaos as Bank and Moorgate brought to a halt May 10, 2023 Just Stop Oil protestors caused chaos in the Square Mile this morning with a slow walk through Moorgate and Bank, which was eventually broken up by police. The environmental group forced the closure of roads, prevented buses from getting through and led to police officers issuing a Section 12 order, forcing them onto the pavement. [...]
WATCH: Snooker World Championships STOPPED over Just Stop Oil protest April 17, 2023 The World Championships of snooker have been stopped due to protests from Just Stop Oil. On one of the tables – where Robert Milkins and Joe Perry were competing – a protestor can be seen to climb atop the table and release orange powder before kneeling – he was later escorted out. On the other [...]
Just Stop Oil eco-activists fined £500 for gluing themselves to da Vinci’s Last Supper – and say artist would ‘AGREE’ with them February 8, 2023 Environmental protesters fined for gluing themselves to the frame of a copy of Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper have said they believed the artist would have supported their actions. Five Just Stop Oil (JSO) activists were ordered to pay £486 each for criminal damage at City of London Magistrates’ Court, over a demonstration at [...]
Police ‘less likely’ to arrest Just Stop Oil activists using slow march tactic December 6, 2022 Just Stop Oil demonstrators marched through the Square Mile bringing it to a standstill today, with police saying it is “less likely” to arrest them due to their new tactics. The environmental group marched slowly along Old Kent Road through the City and to South London, followed by three vehicles and 10 officers. In the [...]
Just Stop Oil protests should not justify carte blanche powers to the police December 5, 2022 You would need the patience of a saint, or a dyed-in-the-wool eco-warrior, not to have been even slightly irritated by the recent activities of Just Stop Oil protestors. Whether it’s young people throwing soup over some of the world’s most valuable paintings or twenty-eight-year-old Indigo Rumbelow reduced to yelling at a television interviewer, these are [...]
Police prepare for new wave of Just Stop Oil disruption in run up to Christmas November 28, 2022 The Met Police are preparing for a month of disruption from Just Stop Oil in the run up to Christmas. The force said the environmental campaign group will launching a new wave of protests from 28 November until 14 December. This comes after more than 750 activists were arrested in October and November, with over [...]
35 Just Stop Oil activists held over M25 chaos: ‘This isn’t policing protest, it’s a crime operation’ November 7, 2022 35 Just Stop Oil activists have been arrested after breaking a High Court injunction banning them from protest on the M25. Campaigners from the environmental group climbed on to gantries on the motorway, closing it in multiple sections at around 8am this morning. Just Stop Oil said it had launched actions in six locations around [...]
Met top brass says Just Stop Oil will be ‘brought to justice’ as group tries to scale Downing St gates November 1, 2022 The Met Police’s number two in command has vowed to bring Just Stop Oil protesters “to justice” as protestors tried to climb the gates of Downing Street. Assistant Commissioner Matt Twist made his comments on LBC this morning after the environmental group made headlines vandalising MI5, the Home Office, Bank of England and HQ of [...]
Bank of England, Home Office, MI5 and News Corp HQ targeted by Just Stop Oil vandalism October 31, 2022 The Bank of England was among London landmarks targeted by environment activists this morning, along with the Home Office, MI5 and headquarters of News Corp. Two Just Stop Oil demonstrators were arrested by City police outside the Bank of England, after the building was covered in orange paint. The City of London Police said the [...]
Rolex store in Knightsbridge is latest target for Just Stop Oil vandalism campaign October 28, 2022 Rolex is the latest target of Just Stop Oil’s campaign of vandalism with paint sprayed on its Knightsbridge store this morning. The famous watchmaker was set upon by two activists this morning who daubed orange liquid on the glass shop-front. Met Police officers “were quickly on the scene and arrested them on suspicion of criminal [...]