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BREAKING: Climate activists from Just Stop Oil have blocked petrol stations at two motorway service areas on the M25 and vandalised several petrol pumps.

Climate activists from Just Stop Oil have blocked petrol stations at two motorway service areas on the M25.It said the action began at 7am at Cobham Services in Surrey and Clacket Lane Services, Kent.In a Twitter post, a spokesperson said: ‘We will stop when the government says it will stop drilling for new oil & gas.’Environmentalists targeted a government building in central London yesterday, daubing it with paint using a fire extinguisher.

Campaigners from a group called ‘Axe Drax’ sprayed the headquarters of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, calling for an end to funding for energy stations which burn wood. One protester was seen standing above the entrance to the Victoria Street building with a lit flare and a banner reading ‘stop burning trees’.Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at

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