London Marathon boss responds to fears protesters will disrupt event

4 days, 22 hours ago

Extinction Rebellion to block motorway in fossil fuel protest

Campaign group Extinction Rebellion plans to hold its 40th blockade of the A12 motorway into the centre of The Hague on Saturday, calling for action to combat climate change. At the same time, research among the 18,000 members of the RTL opinion panel suggests climate change is becoming less important in the Netherlands. “In 2020, climate was in the top …

3 weeks, 4 days ago

Police remove extinction rebellion protesters from Rijksmuseum

NL Times

Nine Extinction Rebellion activists who remained inside the Rijksmuseum after a larger protest were removed by police around 6:30 p.m. Saturday, authorities confirmed. The activists had glued themselves together in the Hall of Honor near Rembrandt's The Night Watch to demand the museum cut ties with sponsor ING Bank, which they accuse of financing fossil fuels. By the museum's 5:00 …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Just Stop Oil vows to 'blockade' Parliament for weeks in major wave of protests this spring

Daily Mail

Just Stop Oil has vowed to ‘blockade’ Parliament for weeks in a major wave of protests this spring. The eco-group, which has been less active in recent times after many of its leading members were jailed, claimed ‘thousands and thousands’ of activists would take part. Picture: Protestors block traffic during slow procession around Parliament Square in May last year The …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Moment eco-zealots dressed as ballerinas douse themselves with 'oil' at opening night of Swan Lake in protest at theatre's ties to Barclays bank

Daily Mail

Eco-zealots staged a protest during a theatre performance in London last night after storming the venue dressed as ballerinas before dousing themselves with 'oil'. Protesters from Fossil Free London disrupted the opening night of Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake at Sadler's Wells Theatre over its ties to Barclays bank. The group took to the theatre lobby during the play's interval and …

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Just Stop Oil attack US embassy in protest against Donald Trump - and claim 'fascist' Republican's victory 'puts lives at risk everywhere'

Daily Mail

Just Stop Oil supporters have sprayed the US embassy building in London in orange paint on the morning that Donald Trump was elected for a second term to the White House. Two protestors from the environmental activist group were videoed dousing the entrance of the building in Nine Elms with the luminous coloured paint before being detained by armed police. …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Chris Packham joins thousands marching through London to demand action to tackle Britain's polluted rivers and coastline with TV presenter calling for Labour to deal with the 'absolute crisis'

Daily Mail

Thousands of people marched through central London today to demand 'serious action' from the government in cleaning up the UK's rivers and waterways. Liz Bonnin and naturalist Chris Packham take part in March for Clean Water demanding the new government enforce the current law and deliver new legislation that will end all pollution Campaigners marched behind a banner which read: …

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4 months, 4 weeks ago

UK riots: Anti-immigration and anti-racism protests face off peacefully amid police presence in Bournemouth

The Independent

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5 months ago

Rocked by cancellation of Vienna concerts, Swifties shake it off and flock to London

The Independent

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5 months ago

Just Stop Oil protesters appeal record-breaking sentences for M25 disruption

The Independent

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5 months ago

Emile Cairess shines at Olympics marathon – can Team GB runner now win a major?

The Independent

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5 months ago

UK riots: What happens now? Planned counter-protests mapped including Nigel Farage’s office

The Independent

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5 months ago

How disinformation is fuelling Britain's far-right riots

ABC

For almost a fortnight, British authorities have been grappling with the country's worst civil unrest in more than a decade. Disinformation analyst Sohan Dsouza tracked the spread of the false claims to two "superspreader accounts" on the social media platform X that have a history of publishing and promoting inflammatory anti-immigration content. "Oftentimes when an incident happens, and especially something …

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5 months, 1 week ago

UK on alert for further unrest even after anti-racism campaigners faced down far right

Hindustan Times

British authorities said Thursday they were preparing for the possibility of further unrest, even as they applauded the efforts of anti-racism campaigners and police officers who largely stifled a threatened wave of far-right demonstrations overnight. British authorities have said that further unrest is possible even after police and anti-racism campaigners managed to push back a wave of far right violence. …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Britain is on alert for further unrest even after anti-racism campaigners faced down the far right

Associated Press

LONDON — British authorities said Thursday they were preparing for the possibility of further unrest, even as they applauded the efforts of anti-racism campaigners and police officers who largely stifled a threatened wave of far-right demonstrations overnight. At an emergency meeting with law enforcement officers at his office, Starmer said on Thursday evening that police need to remain on “high …

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5 months, 1 week ago

MPs told to take safety precautions as riots violence spreads

The Independent

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5 months, 1 week ago

UK riots: Jess Phillips accused of ‘making excuses’ for masked gang in Birmingham as cars smashed in Bordesley Green

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5 months, 1 week ago

Pictured: Grinning Just Stop Oil protesters arrested near Manchester Airport - as police slam the eco-idiots for trying to 'upset hard-working people heading off for their summer holidays'

Daily Mail

Four Just Stop Oil protesters who were arrested near Manchester Airport this morning in a police swoop have been pictured grinning. Just Stop Oil has released a picture of the four activists from the environmental group who were arrested this morning near Manchester Airport Four Just Stop Oil protesters have been arrested near Manchester Airport in a police swoop Three …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Just Stop Oil Heathrow airport protest fails – again

The Telegraph

Just Stop Oil protesters have been removed from Heathrow airport following another failed protest. On Monday, holidaymakers at Gatwick stepped over activists who had attempted to block security gates, while on Tuesday two Just Stop Oil members reportedly sprayed information boards, windows and the floor at Heathrow Terminal Five’s departures area with orange paint. A Heathrow spokesman said: “Earlier this …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Just Stop Oil protesters arrested at Heathrow airport on suspicion of criminal damage

The Independent

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Just Stop Oil eco-clowns play dead as they are arrested for spraying Heathrow Airport with orange paint as part of 'summer chaos' crusade - forcing FIVE officers to drag their slumped bodies out of de

Daily Mail

Just Stop Oil eco warriors held a sit-down protest at London Heathrow Airport today, then played dead as they were dragged away by police. 1 of 3) Just Stop Oil protesters Phoebe Plummer, 22, and Jane Touil, 58, walked into London Heathrow Airport Terminal 5 today, spraying orange paint on the floor and walls 2 of 3) The activists then …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Paris Olympics 2024 promises to ‘revolutionise’ the Games’ experience

The Hindu

In the history of the Olympic Games, the show-piece event in its modern avatar of 128 years has never been so inclusive as far as connecting with the masses is concerned. Accordingly, under ‘Marathon for All,’ Paris 2024 Organising Committee has selected 48048 people, with equal number of men and women, from France and abroad to give them a unique …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Just Stop Oil activists block Gatwick airport security entrance in London

The Independent

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Nine arrests at Tommy Robinson demonstration after thousands march in London

The Independent

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Around 1,000 police deployed amid Tommy Robinson protest and counter-march

The Independent

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Nine Just Stop Oil activists arrested ahead of planned disruption at Heathrow airport

The Independent

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

just stop oil prison sentence climate change

The Independent

The prison sentences recently handed down to the Just Stop Oil protesters, whose actions created significant disruption to people’s lives, were condemned by Chris Packham as “judicial thuggery”. Packham also described climate change as the most serious existential threat ever faced by the human species, with no shortage of scientific evidence to support this claim. Preventing a second-term Donald Trump …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

A five-year sentence for peaceful protest – necessary deterrence, or mindless authoritarianism?

The Independent

Amnesty International has expressed “alarm” at the four- and five-year sentences imposed on five Just Stop Oil protesters, which are thought to be the longest ever handed down for a peaceful demonstration. Roger Hallam, a co-founder of Just Stop Oil, was given a five-year prison sentence for his part in organising a protest in which 45 activists climbed gantries on …

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6 months ago

Poop protests and political turmoil: Paris facing many messes as Olympics nears

LA Times

With all the tumult surrounding the 2024 Summer Olympics — problems both large and small — it isn’t entirely surprising that Parisians have threatened to stage a “poop protest.” Their anger focuses on a plan to have triathletes and marathon swimmers compete in the Seine River, which has been fouled by sewage and trash for centuries. French President Emmanuel Macron …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Michael Gove accused of ‘witch-hunt’ as he vows ‘pro-Palestinian marchers will pay’ – UK politics live

The Independent

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Would pro-Palestinian demonstrators have disrupted a 2024 L.A. Olympics?

LA Times

Public safety officers confront pro-Palestinian demonstrators on the USC campus on April 24. “We have seen how events, particularly large-scale major events, serve as platforms for resistance.” Seven years ago, when the International Olympic Committee met to choose a host for 2024, officials made a surprise announcement, naming both L.A. and the other finalist — Paris — as winners, with …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

London Marathon receives record number of applications for 2025 race

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

'Openly Jewish' campaigner threatened with arrest cancels protest

Daily Mail

An anti-semitism campaigner who was threatened with arrest for being 'openly Jewish' at a pro-Palestine march has cancelled a protest walk over safety fears. Mr Falter last week called on supporters to join him for a walk on Saturday, April 27, at the same time as a pro-Palestine march through central London. In his statement today, Mr Falter added: 'There …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Reporter's log: Pride and triumph define London Marathon experience

China Daily

General view as participants' shoes are seen in Greenwich, London, Britain during the London Marathon on April 21. Despite grappling with a persistent knee injury that forced me to defer the race for the past two years, I made the decision to give it another shot this year, even though my knee hadn't fully recovered from keyhole surgery last September. …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Reporter's log: Pride and triumph define London Marathon experience

China Daily

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Revealed: Man threatened with arrest by police for 'breaching the peace' by being 'quite openly Jewish' near Gaza march is chief executive of leading Jewish group - as he calls for mass demo in respon

Daily Mail

A man who was threatened with arrest by a Metropolitan Police officer after trying to cross the road at a pro-Palestine march is the chief executive of a leading Jewish group. The Metropolitan Police has been branded 'beyond appalling' after an officer threatened to arrest a Jewish man for 'breaching the peace' as he is stopped from crossing the road …

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9 months ago

Chris Packham joins Extinction Rebellion in Science Museum sponsor protest

The Independent

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9 months, 1 week ago

Now the hundreds of Just Stop Oil's 'youth wing' plots chaos on Tube network in co-ordinated attacks that could cripple the network

Daily Mail

Hundreds of young eco-zealots and pro-Palestine activists are plotting to wreak havoc on the London Underground this week, The Mail on Sunday has revealed. The plans for tomorrow and Wednesday were unveiled last week in an online meeting of Youth Demand, a new wing of JSO which was infiltrated by an undercover MoS reporter Its leader, Pippa Cowtan, 21, a …

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9 months, 1 week ago

500 police deployed for protests in London amid tensions over Israel-Gaza war

The Independent

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

London Marathon 2024: With one month left... how is training going and what’s next?

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9 months, 4 weeks ago

Sadiq Khan tells pro-Palestine activists their protests are 'causing anguish, hurt and fear' to Jewish people in London - amid warnings parts of the capital are turning into 'no-go zones'

Daily Mail

Sadiq Khan today told pro-Palestine activists that their protests are causing 'hurt and fear' for the Jewish population of London. But there have been growing concerns that the demonstrations, combined with exploding rates of anti-Semitism amid the Middle East crisis, are creating 'no-go zones' in the capital for Jewish people - with Britain's counter-extremism tsar among those issuing warnings. Speaking …

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10 months, 1 week ago

Chris Packham ‘irresponsible’ for backing protests outside MPs’ homes

The Telegraph

Chris Packham has been criticised as “irresponsible” by Downing Street for defending protests outside the homes of MPs. The group has said it plans to continue “standing outside the homes and offices of MPs” despite the Prime Minister warning against the rise of “mob rule” in Britain. “We’ve got a law out there, it needs to be applied equally to …

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10 months, 4 weeks ago

Revealed: Just Stop Oil's secret plot to 'occupy the homes of MPs' as eco zealots aim to SABOTAGE the election and cause nationwide chaos

Daily Mail

Militant Just Stop Oil activists are plotting a sinister nationwide blitz to 'occupy' MPs' homes ahead of the General Election, a Mail on Sunday investigation has found. The Just Stop Oil action is being partly orchestrated by Phoebe Plummer Sixteen Just Stop Oil members were arrested late last year after staging a disruptive demonstration outside the Prime Minister's home in …

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

Greta Thunberg joins hundreds marching in England to protest airport’s expansion for private planes

Associated Press

LONDON — Climate activist Greta Thunberg joined a march in southern England on Saturday to protest the use of private jets and the expansion of an airport. Hundreds of local residents and activists holding banners and placards that read “Ban Private Jets” marched to Farnborough Airport, which mostly serves private aircraft. Groups working to fight climate change, including the organizer …

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1 year ago

Videos: Pro-Palestine London protests turn violent, protesters clash with police

Hindustan Times

Protesters at a demonstration against Israel's war in Gaza clashed with police in London as Metropolitan Police officers attempted to break up the march while hundreds of people gathered at St James’s Park. Pro-Palestine protests in London: Police also prevented demonstrators crossing Westminster Bridge. The Free Palestine Coalition made up of “grassroots organisations in London, including Sisters Uncut, Black Lives …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Just Stop Oil protesters hold ‘wide awake’ demo outside Sunak’s London home

The Independent

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1 year, 1 month ago

Jewish BBC staff say dozens defied ban to attend London march against anti-Semitism and slam bosses who 'got it badly wrong'

Daily Mail

BBC staff who defied the corporation's 'ban' on attending last Sunday's March Against Antisemitism have slammed bosses who 'got it badly wrong' and showed insensitivity towards us that will be hard to repair'. They told Times Radio: 'I learnt last week that the BBC was barring members of staff from attending the planned march against antisemitism — and let's face …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Tens of thousands march against antisemitism in London including UK ex-Prime Minister Boris Johnson

The Hindu

Tens of thousands of people including former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson gathered in London on Sunday for a march against antisemitism, a day after large crowds turned out for a pro-Palestinian rally. Marchers waved Israeli flags and Union Jacks, and held placards reading “Never Again Is Now” and “Zero Tolerance for Antisemites.” Sunday’s march was organised amid concerns about …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Tens of thousands attend march against antisemitism in London

The Independent

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1 year, 1 month ago

Former UK Leader Boris Johnson Joins March Against Antisemitism in London

News 18

Thousands of people including former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson gathered in London on Sunday for a march against antisemitism, a day after large crowds turned out for a pro-Palestinian rally. Marchers waved Israeli and the UK’s Union flags and held placards reading “Never Again Is Now” and “Zero Tolerance for Antisemites.” Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, the former leader of the far-right …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Tens of thousands march against antisemitism in London including UK ex-Prime Minister Boris Johnson

Associated Press

LONDON — Tens of thousands of people including former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson gathered in London on Sunday for a march against antisemitism, a day after large crowds turned out for a pro-Palestinian rally. Marchers waved Israeli flags and Union Jacks, and held placards reading “Never Again Is Now” and “Zero Tolerance for Antisemites.” Sunday’s march was organized amid …

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London Marathon boss responds to fears protesters will disrupt event

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