Just Stop Oil protests: Police officer hurt amid M25 disruption

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A constabulary serviceman has been injured connected the M25 amid clime protests that person closed parts of the motorway successful Kent, Surrey, Essex and Hertfordshire.

Essex Police said a constabulary motorcyclist was wounded erstwhile 2 lorries crashed astatine a rolling roadblock.

Two radical person been arrested for causing a nationalist nuisance.

The Just Stop Oil group, which is protesting for a 3rd day, said astir 10 activists had climbed connected overhead gantries "in aggregate locations".

No accusation was provided connected the information of the officer, who was injured betwixt Junctions 26 (Waltham Abbey) and 27 (Theydon).

M25 disruption:

Surrey: Between J7 (M23) and J8 (Reigate) and betwixt J9 (Leatherhead and J8 (Reigate)
Kent: Between J4 (Orpington and J5 (A21/Sevenoaks)
London/Essex: Between J29 (Romford) and J30 (Thurrock/Lakeside)
Hertfordshire: Between J23 (A1(M) and J22 (St Albans)

Multiple arrests were made connected Tuesday amid a second time of wide disruption by protesters.

The motorway was blocked and gantries were climbed by Just Stop Oil activists.

The radical said the enactment was to "demand that the authorities halts each caller lipid and state licences and consents".

Image source, Essex Police

Image caption,

Specially trained officers worked to get to those astatine tallness down from the gantries connected Tuesday

At the COP27 summit, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak told satellite leaders the warfare successful Ukraine was a crushed to enactment faster to tackle clime change.

The Metropolitan Police said 16 protesters had antecedently been arrested connected the motorway successful a associated cognition with different counties' constabulary forces.

On Sunday, the High Court granted an injunction preventing M25 protests, meaning anyone progressive successful immoderate specified protestation could beryllium recovered successful contempt of court.

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