Header Ads Widget

Drenched Insulate Britain activists walk along M25 in latest protest in the rain

Fun VLOG October 29, 2021
Insulate Britain on M25Picture: Essex Police
The scene on the motorway on Friday morning (Picture: Essex Police)

Insulate Britain activists lied down in the carriageway as they returned to the M25 this morning.

The climate campaginers have since been pushed to the hard shoulder near Brentwood in Essex by police.

In its 16th protest in recent weeks the group claimed it caused ‘major disruption’ when 14 members ‘walked on the white lines between the lanes of oncoming traffic’.

Essex Police said: ‘We are on scene of disruption on the M25. We received a call at 8am that a number of people were blocking the road between Junction 28 and 29.

‘Officers are already on scene and the southbound track has been reopened. We’ll bring you more information when we have it.’

? Licensed to London News Pictures. 29/10/2021. London, UK. Police vehicles arrive just as activists from Insulate Britain attempt to block the M25 south of the junction with the A12 near Harold Park, east of London. The group have restarted their actions to block motorways and major roads causing disruption in the lead up to the UN COP26 climate meeting in Glasgow on 31/10/2021. Photo credit: Peter Macdiarmid/LNP
The group have restarted their actions to block motorways and major roads causing disruption in the lead up to the UN COP26 climate meeting in Glasgow (Picture: LNP)
Insulate Britain on M25 Picture: Insulate Britain
Two men lie down in the motorway (Picture: Insulate Britain)
?? Licensed to London News Pictures. 29/10/2021. London, UK. Activists from Insulate Britain are detained by police on the hard shoulder of the motorway as they attempt to block the M25 south of the junction with the A12 near Harold Park, east of London. The group have restarted their actions to block motorways and major roads causing disruption in the lead up to the UN COP26 climate meeting in Glasgow on 31/10/2021. Photo credit: Peter Macdiarmid/LNP
Activists are detained on the hard shoudler (Picture: LNP)

Insulate Britain – an offshoot of Extinction Rebellion – held four weeks of controversial rush hour blockades of key roads in and out of London in a bid to drive publicity for its aims.

It wants the prime minister to commit to retrofitting 29 million homes by 2030 to tackle climate change and fuel poverty simultaneously.

The group says this is the ‘best first step to cutting our carbon emissions, will avoid 8,500 fuel poverty deaths and help struggling families pay their energy bills this winter’.

Insulate Britain asks drivers not to use M25 tomorrow Picture: metro.co.uk metro graphics
More than 700 Insulate Britain activists have been arrested at their protests over the past six weeks (Picture: Metro.co.uk)

This is a breaking news story, more to follow soon… Check back shortly for further updates.

Got a story? Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk. Or you can submit your videos and pictures here.

For more stories like this, check our news page.

Follow Metro.co.uk on Twitter and Facebook for the latest news updates. You can now also get Metro.co.uk articles sent straight to your device. Sign up for our daily push alerts here.



from News – Metro https://ift.tt/2Zt9RXA
Tags:

Post a Comment

0 Comments