More than 30 young people, scientists and supporters occupied Energy Revolution, the museum’s new climate gallery, on Friday.

Chris Packham joins Extinction Rebellion in Science Museum protest

Helen Pankhurst, the great-granddaughter of Emmeline Pankhurst, speaks outside Southwark Crown Court, London, where climate protesters Carol Wood, Nicola Stickells, Sophie Cowen, Lucy Porter, Gabriella Ditton, Rosemary Webster and Zoe Cohen are appearing for sentencing after they were found guilty of causing almost £100,000 in damage for smashing glass windows at the London headquarters of Barclays bank. Picture date: Friday January 27, 2023.

The great-granddaughter of leading suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst joined marchers to support seven women found guilty of criminal damage at Barclays HQ in 2021.

Women dress as suffragettes to support XR protesters facing prison

Protesters interrupted the annual general meeting of oil giant Shell by gluing themselves to chairs and chanting 'we will stop you'.

Three arrested after activists storm Shell shareholder meeting 

Police talk to protestors taking part in a demonstration on Lambeth Bridge in central London

After several hours, police cleared first Lambeth and then Vauxhall Bridge, saying 38 arrests were made in the process.

Extinction Rebellion blocks London bridges on second day of mass protest

Police were called to the bridge at 7:30am on Friday to find two Extinction Rebellion activists hanging from the Bridge by suspension cords.

Tower Bridge reopens after Extinction Rebellion abseil protest 

Extinction Rebellion handout photo of their Activists blockading Esso West oil facility near Heathrow Airport in London. Picture date: Monday April 4, 2022.


Activists have been blocking access to oil terminals over the past four days, demanding that the Government stops new oil and gas projects.

Police arrest 275 people after series of demonstrations at fuel sites

Extinction Rebellion promised protests from April 9 as it joined Just Stop Oil activists on Friday to block access roads around key oil terminals.

XR to launch daily protests in London in April

Reverend Sue Parfitt said the verdict showed the protest had been 'the right thing to do'.

Climate activists cleared over 77-minute rush-hour train roof protest

James Brown found guilty of public nuisance after he glued himself to a plane in an XR protest in 2019

James Brown, of Exeter, Devon, was jailed by a judge at Southwark Crown Court in September after being convicted of causing a public nuisance.

Extinction Rebellion protester who glued himself to plane has sentence cut

The Metropolitan Police say there had been a total of 480 arrests in the capital since the environmental group began its action dubbed the Impossible Rebellion.

Nearly 500 arrested during Extinction Rebellion protests

Extinction Rebellion activists are lying on the ground and gluing themselves to a green bus on the approach to London Bridge as it remains blocked off. 

Extinction Rebellion block London Bridge and entrance to No 10 with white prams 

There has been a total of 367 arrests in the capital since the environmentalist group began its latest round of action on August 23, the Met Police said.

More than 300 arrests made during first week of Extinction Rebellion protests

Activists are also lying on the ground near the London landmark to protest against government investment in fossil fuels 

Tower Bridge blocked by Extinction Rebellion protesters

Demonstrators during a protest by members of Extinction Rebellion at Oxford Circus, in central London. Picture date: Wednesday August 25, 2021.


A large group of campaigners have blocked off roads near Oxford Circus with a pink sculpture bringing traffic to a standstill.

Oxford Circus arrests after protesters glue themselves to pink structure

Activists parked a white hire van in the middle of Cambridge Circus at the junction of Shaftesbury Avenue and Charing Cross Road.

London Extinction Rebellion

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