Handout screen grab taken from a video issued by Just Stop Oil of a group of their activists who have climbed motorway signs on the M25 in response to the extreme temperatures in the UK and what they describe as the government's "inadequate preparations" for climate change, on July 20, 2022. Just Stop Oil/Screenshot by PA Media
The activist group Just Stop Oil blocked one of the busiest and most congested parts of the British motorway network by climbing on motorway signs, criticising what they call the government’s “inadequate preparations” for climate change.
The group declared the motorway a site of “civil resistance” and urged no one to travel on the motorway until the weekend.
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On Wednesday, five activists scaled gantries that support overhead motorway signs in three places on the M25, causing police to close sections of the road.
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