Protest
‘I’m so full of grief’: thousands take to the streets in support of Gaza – video
October 28, 2023Thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters have gathered across the UK to demand an end to Israel’s bombardment of Gaza. In London, more than 1,000 Metropolitan police officers were deployed as demonstrations took place for a third consecutive weekend. Similar demonstrations were held in many UK cities including Manchester, Glasgow and Belfast. According to the Hamas-run health […]
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Delightful result of Hackney’s street tree compromise – and Sheffield’s sorry saga | Letters
October 25, 2023Samira Shackle’s article (The long read, 24 October) describes the fight against Sheffield council’s extraordinary mismanagement of a plan to improve its street surfaces, and the fierce resistance against felling thousands of trees. I am reminded of a remarkably sane solution that Hackney council came up with 20 years ago, when all the trees in […]
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Ella Baron on London protests over the Israel-Hamas war – cartoon
October 23, 2023Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning
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Pro-Palestine protests take place in London for second consecutive week – video
October 21, 2023Thousands of people descended on to the streets of London for a second consecutive week to participate in Palestinian solidarity protests. The Metropolitan police estimated that 100,000 people took part in the march from Marble Arch to Downing Street, calling for an end to Israel’s siege of the Gaza Strip and the occupation of Palestinian […]
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Greta Thunberg arrested at London oil summit protest
October 17, 2023Greta Thunberg was arrested after joining hundreds of protesters who gathered at a five-star hotel in London on Tuesday morning to denounce a meeting branded “the Oscars of oil”. Footage showed the Swedish climate activist being bundled into the back of a van by police after taking part in protests blocking the entrances of the […]
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Met police ‘regrets’ arrest of anti-monarchy protesters at coronation
May 8, 2023The Metropolitan police has defended the arrest of anti-monarchy protesters during the coronation despite announcing that no charges will be brought against them. The force said it expressed “regret” that six demonstrators from the Republic campaign group were arrested on Saturday. Graham Smith, the head of the group, said it was considering legal action and […]
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Police to get powers to ban slow walking in traffic amid Just Stop Oil protests
April 28, 2023Suella Braverman is to give police the power to ban slow walking in traffic by protesters, as Just Stop Oil enters the fifth consecutive day of using the tactic in the latest phase of its climate protest campaign. The home secretary said a statutory instrument to the public order bill, which passed its final stages […]
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Climate protesters gather in Parliament Square as fossil fuel deadline passes
April 24, 2023After four days of peaceful demonstrations, climate activists gathered in Parliament Square as a deadline for the government to act to end all new fossil fuel projects was reached. The actions involved a wide range of groups, including Extinction Rebellion, Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace, as well as the Christian climate coalition, with thousands […]
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One jailed and three others fined over Insulate Britain roadblock protest
April 20, 2023One protester has been jailed for five weeks and three others given fines and community service for their part in a protest to demand government action on insulation. Daphne Jackson, 72, Beatrice Pooley, 65, and two protesters who have outstanding court cases sat in the road at the Bishopsgate junction in London during an Insulate […]
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Four climate activists convicted of causing public nuisance, but no jail term
March 31, 2023Four climate protesters, including a man who glued his head to the road in order to block traffic in central London, have escaped jail terms. Matthew Tulley, 44, Ben Taylor, 38, George Burrow, 68 and Anthony Hill, 72, staged a protest between Bishopsgate and Wormwood Street in the City of London on 25 October 2021. […]
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