40 arrested after Extinction Rebellion climate change protests
Seventy people were arrested during a spate of Extinction Rebellion protests across London on Saturday, police said.scaling and gluing themselves to an oil tankerDozens more were then arrested at Marble Arch as demonstrators climbed the structure to attach a green banner reading "end fossil fuels now".Olympic gold medal-winning canoeist Etienne Stott and sailor Laura Baldwin were among those who glued themselves to the oil tanker.
A group of eight activists later locked themselves to a car in the road, while two glued themselves to the roof.Some protesters glued and locked themselves to a car in the road at Marble ArchIt covered an area from Marble Arch gyratory and along Park Lane, Oxford Street, Tyburn Way, Edgware Road, Bayswater Road and Cumberland Gate.
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