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Watch: Moment journalist is arrested by mistake as part of the Just Stop Oil protests

This is the moment an award-winning photographer is arrested by Surrey Police after mistaking him for Just Stop Oil eco-warriors who destroyed a petrol station on the M25.Captured on his dashcam Peter Macdiarmid, 57, is led back to his car so he can lock it up before being taken in…

Evening Standard

Moment award-winning journalist Peter Macdiarmid arrested after police mistake him for Just Stop Oil activist

Surrey Police said the 57-year-old had since been ‘de-arrested’ and defended their actions at the M25 eco-protest

Evening Standard

Dozens arrested after M25 fuel pumps damaged

Climate group Just Stop Oil targetted Clacket Lane services eastbound and westbound, Kent; Cobham services, Surrey; and Thurrock services, Essex.

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Just Stop Oil protesters block service stations on M25 in second day of action

Environmental activists take action at Cobham services in Surrey, Clacket Lane in Kent and Thurrock in Essex

The Guardian - UK

Protestors halt fuel supplies after allegedly gluing themselves to M25 garage forecourts

Nine people have been arrested as police say they are working to quickly resolve the situation

Wales Online

Three protesters arrested in Surrey after damaging fuel pumps on M25

Police said they were ‘working as quickly as we can to remove the protesters from the service stations’.

Evening Standard

Twenty protesters arrested after damaging fuel pumps on M25

Police said they were ‘working as quickly as we can to remove the protesters from the service stations’.

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Is it illegal to block traffic in the UK– and what are the potential consequences?

Last year, Insulate Britain protestors took to the M25 and blocked traffic causing massive disruption. They were subsequently arrested for their actions and could be facing heavy fines as they head to court

Daily Mirror

Oil giant Esso wins High Court injunction to stop protesters disrupting pipeline construction

Activist tunnelled underground near M25 – named in court order – accuses firm of ‘pouring fuel onto the flames’ of a world ‘on fire’

The Independent UK

Heatwave: Around 70 firefighters tackle huge grass fire in Enfield, North London

Smoke from the fire was affecting junctions 25 and 26 on the M25

The Independent UK

Woman gives birth in car after getting stuck in M25 traffic

The baby was born into the hands of police officers

Wales Online

Aldi to give 26,000 workers second pay rise this year - new rates from September

Aldi store workers will see their pay rise to £10.50 an hour nationally, or to £11.95 for those working inside the M25, from this September. It comes as Brits continue to battle against the cost of living crisis

Daily Mirror

Eco-activists to face jury trial over M25 heatwave protest

Cressida Gethin, 20, Alexander Wilcox, 21, and Emma Mani, 45, each pleaded not guilty to causing a public nuisance.

The Independent UK

M25 protest: Just Stop Oil activists plead not guilty to causing public nuisance over heatwave demo

Cressida Gethin, 20, Alexander Wilcox, 21, and Emma Mani, 45, each pleaded not guilty at Ealing Magistrates’ Court on Friday

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Three Just Stop Oil protesters charged with public nuisance after M25 demo

Three environmental protesters who forced sections of M25 to be closed on Wednesday have been charged with public nuisance.

The Independent UK

M25 blocked as climate protesters declare it ‘site of civil resistance’ after hottest day in history

Just Stop Oil aimed to block the motorway until Friday, calling for an end to new fossil fuel projects

The Independent UK

Five arrested as demonstrators climb motorway signs in climate protest

Just Stop Oil targeted the M25 at various points on Wednesday morning.

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RAC warns of 19 million cars on the road this weekend as schools break up for summer

Long delays are expected on some of Britain's busiest roads including the M25, A303, M4 and M5

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The Independent UK

Just Stop Oil demonstrators climb motorway signs in climate protest

One group of activists began climbing the gantries that support overhead motorway signs at junction 10 eastbound near Cobham, Surrey.

Evening Standard

Just Stop Oil: Eco activists blockade M25 as they declare it a ‘site of civil resistance’ after heatwave

Protesters block M25 in two locations including route to Heathrow Airport Terminal 5 and Dartford Crossing

Wales Online

Traffic warnings issued for M4, M5 and M25 as RAC predicts busiest summer getaway in years

A study of 1,700 motorists found that traffic is set to peak on July 23, with the M25 set to see the worst of the traffic

Evening Standard

Traffic cone-laying lorries deployed on M25 to reduce risk of injuries

Traffic cone-laying lorries can lay a cone in less than 10 seconds and can also collect them after the completion of road works

Evening Standard

So, your flight has been cancelled

You receive your new passport just in time, despite weeks of Home Office delays. You arrive at the airport heroically early, so as not to tempt the wrath of the M25 or Piccadilly line. You queue from outside the terminal just to check in, somehow make it past security and…

The Independent UK

RHS ‘disappointed’ after Grant Shapps approves M25 revamp near popular garden

The Transport Secretary has given the go-ahead for a two-and-a-half year £250 million project at Junction 10 of the M25 alongside RHS Wisley.

The Independent UK

Mother who nudged Insulate Britain protesters with car banned from driving

Sherrilyn Speid was driving her son to school when she came across three climate protesters sitting in the road near the M25 last October

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