Just Stop Oil: Parts of M25 closed after activists stage protest

Sections of the M25 person been closed arsenic portion of the latest protestation by Just Stop Oil.

A clime alteration protester has climbed an overhead gantry forcing it to beryllium closed betwixt junctions 6 and 7 successful Surrey, constabulary said.

Elsewhere, determination person been reports the clime alteration activists are staging protests betwixt junctions 8-9, 13-12 southbound and 13-14.

Junction 25 of the motorway has besides been closed anticlockwise.

Specially trained constabulary officers are connected their mode negociate the scene.

It comes arsenic a "significant" cognition is nether mode by the Met Police to place and apprehension the clime alteration protesters.

The unit is targeting those it suspects are readying "reckless and serious" motorway disruption arsenic COP27 gets underway.

Three radical were arrested connected Sunday accused of readying nationalist disruption.

Assistant Commissioner Matt Twist said the unit had a "strong reason" to fishy the Just Stop Oil radical were intending connected disrupting motorways.

He added this would beryllium reckless and hazard "serious harm to the public".

"There remains a anticipation outstanding suspects are inactive intent connected causing unlawful disruption to the public," helium added.

"The Met has mobilised specializer teams and drawn constabulary officers from crossed the superior to respond."

From the extremity of September and passim October, Just Stop Oil staged 32 days of disruption, which the Met said resulted successful 677 arrests, starring to 111 radical charged.

According to the group, since its run began connected 1 April, its supporters person been arrested astir 2,000 times, with 5 of their supporters presently successful prison.

The Met, which is conducting the cognition successful conjunction with the National Police Coordination Centre (NPoCC), said much than 10,000 serviceman shifts had been dedicated to policing the protests since the commencement of October.

"These are officers who would different beryllium dealing with issues that substance to section communities, specified arsenic weapon crime, safeguarding and responding to burglaries," Mr Twist said.

"We are determined to bring to justness each of those who conspire to origin important and unreasonable disruption to London, oregon origin harm to buildings, spot oregon valuables."

Police are calling connected the nationalist to assistance with preventing nationalist disruption from protesters by reporting it to 999.

The clime alteration enactment radical has been calling connected the authorities to wantonness plans to licence implicit 100 caller lipid and state projects by 2025 and to bash much to assistance radical with skyrocketing vigor bills.

"Policy failures... volition unit millions into poorness and fac(e) a prime betwixt heating, eating, oregon providing the basal essentials for themselves and their families," Just Stop Oil said successful a caller statement.

"After decades of clime misinformation and delay, we look an existential crisis.

"We are going to suffer each we clasp dear.

"We request to ditch caller lipid and state present and we request to alteration our politics, truthful that successful aboriginal everyone tin person a accidental successful the decisions that volition find the aboriginal of humanity."