Six more XR protestors are found guilty over printing press blockade that stopped millions of national newspapers from being delivered About 50 members of Extinction Rebellion joined the protest last September Their actions prevented the delivery of millions of newspapers across the UK Six members were today found guilty of blocking the highway and fined … Read more
Five Extinction Rebellion protesters are convicted over printing press blockade that stopped millions of newspapers being delivered Three men and two women are first to be punished following demonstrations It comes after several other activists walked free from court on a technicality The blockades were criticised as an affront to free speech as cost millions … Read more
A member of the Jersey Militia re-enactment group has fired a musket towards the ongoing stand-off between the Royal Navy and 100 French fishing vessels over post-Brexit fishing rules. The fishing vessels are blocking access to the port at Saint Helier, prompting Boris Johnson to deploy Navy vessels HMS Severn and HMS Tamar. The ships – which … Read more
Protesters from Extinction Rebellion have been cleared of trespassing at a printing press last year when the group prevented the distribution of half a million newspapers. Demonstrators blocked the entrance of News-UK owned Newsprinters in Knowsley, Merseyside, with a blue box van and a yellow boat on a trailer last September. Newspapers affected included the … Read more
More than a hundred French fishermen blocked trucks carrying fish from the UK on Thursday night, in a protest against a Brexit fishing deal they have dismissed as ‘a sham’. Britain’s post-Brexit trade deal with the European Union allowed the bloc’s fishermen to keep fishing deep into British waters, but only once they had received a license. … Read more
French blockade of British border over mutant Covid strain that left thousands of HGV drivers stranded and sparked chaos at ports cost Kent Police £1.2m, figures reveal Emmanuel Macron ordered closure of the border with the UK on December 20 Thousands of HGV drivers spent Christmas parked in laybys near Port of Dover Freedom of … Read more
End of the blockade: Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammed bin Salman embraces Qatar’s Emir as the countries agree to open their air space and end the diplomatic crisis which began three years ago Saudi Arabia is hosting a Gulf summit in the ancient desert city of Al-Ula On Monday, it was announced the kingdom’s embargo of … Read more
Boy racers blockade Chelsea Bridge: Police break-up illegal gathering of petrolheads in souped-up motors at illegal ‘car meet’ during Tier 4 London lockdown ‘Boy racers’ were filmed showing off their souped-up cars on Chelsea Bridge Footage shows slow-moving traffic as modified vehicles rev their engines The 50-second clip, believed to have been taken at around … Read more
Animal rights activists linked to Extinction Rebellion blockade Manchester slaughterhouse by attaching themselves to black coffins and climbing onto roof as six protesters are arrested Activists locked themselves onto coffins outside Tulip pig slaughterhouse Demonstrators climbed on the roof of the Pilgrim’s Pride Ltd’s slaughterhouse Animal Rebellion, linked with Extinction Rebellion, is responsible for the … Read more
The Independent newspaper columnist who masterminded the Extinction Rebellion blockade of prinworks has claimed that the British media is worse than the Nazis. More than 100 protesters targeted Newsprinters printing works at Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, and Knowsley, near Liverpool, on Friday night, blocking newspapers from leaving the depots. Donnachadh McCarthy, 61, has emerged as one of … Read more