Just Stop Oil: Woman arrested as M25 disrupted for fourth day

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Protesters successful  EssexImage source, Essex Police

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A protester was besides arrested successful Essex connected Wednesday portion trying to ascent a gantry

A pistillate attempting to ascent a gantry connected the M25 has been arrested, arsenic the motorway is disrupted for a 4th day.

Essex Police said it detained her astatine astir 07:10 GMT connected the clockwise carriageway astir 1.5 miles (2.4km) earlier junction 28 for the A12.

Surrey Police said it made 1 apprehension and 1 idiosyncratic had been removed from a gantry astatine junction 8 for Reigate.

National Highways said determination were "multiple police-led incidents" connected the M25 this morning.

One lane of the M25 was closed for a abbreviated clip but each lanes betwixt junctions 28 and 29 for the A127 are present open.

"We are moving with constabulary forces successful each country to bring these incidents to a close," a tweet said.

"Please see delaying your travel oregon see alternate routes."

In Surrey, police officers said they were dealing with activists who had climbed the gantry astatine junction 8 for Reigate and junction 7 for the M3.

The roadworthy had been closed anti-clockwise.

The Met Police said it was responding to a idiosyncratic "up a gantry" by junction 25, for Enfield, and the roadworthy was temporarily closed.

Just Stop Oil, which was liable for the past 3 days of action, confirmed that its supporters had climbed connected to the overhead gantries of the M25 astatine aggregate locations.

"We're acceptable to support going until the authorities ends caller lipid and gas," it said successful a tweet.

On Wednesday, an Essex Police serviceman was injured connected the M25 amid clime protests which besides closed parts of the motorway successful Kent, Surrey and Hertfordshire.

The constabulary motorcyclist was wounded successful a collision which besides progressive 2 lorries astatine a rolling roadblock.

During a code successful the afternoon, the location caput told constabulary to beryllium firmer against protesters.

Suella Braverman said the "disruption is simply a menace to our mode of life".

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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