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Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jews clash with police in Jerusalem in protest over lockdown restrictions

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Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jews protesting coronavirus lockdown restrictions clashed with police officers in Jerusalem on Tuesday night. Rioters from the insulated community were pictured burning rubbish bins and reportedly threw stones at officers who responded by using water cannons and other heavy-handed tactics to disperse the crowd. In recent weeks, ultra-Orthodox Jews have defied coronavirus … Read more

Why is HS2 eco-warrior camp STILL standing 13 days into tunnel protest?

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A Tory backbencher has led calls for the immediate removal of the ‘dangerous’ anti-HS2 campsite in Euston, including wooden shacks which cover a 100ft tunnel network – after bailiffs first started evicting eco-warriors protesting the controversial £98billion rail project 13 days ago.  Six HS2 Rebellion activists including veteran environmental campaigner Swampy, real name Daniel Hooper, … Read more

TV presenter Beverley Turner refused to clap for Captain Tom in protest over government ‘fear’

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TV presenter Beverley Turner says she refused to clap for Captain Tom because she didn’t want to ‘maintain the fear that imminent death is all around’ Ms Turner, 47, said she believed it was the Government’s way of hiding failings She highlighted an NHS worker who said he’d prefer proper funding than clap TV presenter … Read more

Doctors refuse to work across Myanmar in protest over military coup as activist groups grow online

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Doctors in Myanmar are refusing to work on non-emergency patients in protest against the military coup after soldiers detained Aung San Suu Kyi and other civilian leaders in a series of dawn raids on Monday.  Soldiers and tanks are patrolling major cities but the military takeover, which has ended the country’s brief experiment with democracy, has … Read more

Swampy speaks from inside tunnel on THIRD day of HS2 rail link protest

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Swampy, the leader of Euston Five tunnellers holed up below London protesting HS2, admitted today ‘I never thought I’d do this again’. The veteran activist, 48, is among the gang currently hiding in the ground campaigning against the £98billion high-speed railway. He has been underground with Dr Larch Maxey, 48, and Scott ‘Scotty’ Breen, 47, … Read more

Heiress, 18, whose millionaire father owns an island is in HS2 protest tunnels

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A teenager holed up in secret tunnels below Euston Station in protest of HS2 is a millionaire heiress. Blue Sandford, 18, proudly posted last night a picture of her in illegal underground burrow declaring ‘I put the crime in criminal’. The environmental campaigner is the one of the children of eccentric Roc Sandford, the millionaire … Read more

Police warn anyone planning to protest outside court over statue row risk large Covid fines

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Police warn anyone planning to protest at court appearance of four people accused of pulling down slave trader Edward Colston’s statue in Bristol they risk large Covid fines Police issue warning to those planning to protest outside court over statue row They fear that protesters will gather outside court in breach of Covid-19 rules  Bronze … Read more

Woman faces £500 fine for organising protest outside Cardiff police station

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Woman faces £500 fine for organising protest outside Cardiff police station after ‘sudden and unexplained’ death of 24-year-old man hours after he was released from custody Woman faces a £500 fine for organising a protest outside Cardiff police station Unnamed woman accused of breaching Welsh Govt coronavirus regulations Mohamud Mohammed Hassan, 24, arrested on the … Read more

Chris Evans leads stars reacting to Trump supporters invading Capitol Hill to protest election

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Chris Evans leads stars reacting to Donald Trump supporters invading Capitol Hill to protest his loss in election  A number of celebrities took to social media on Wednesday after supporters of President Donald Trump violently stormed the U.S. Capitol  Ava DuVernay, Chris Evans, Bette Midler and Armie Hammer among those to speak out  Trump’s Twitter … Read more

Jeremy Corbyn’s brother Piers in trouble AGAIN as he is arrested by police in anti-lockdown protest

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Jeremy Corbyn’s brother Piers is in trouble AGAIN – for the second time in 2021 – as he is among 17 arrested by police in anti-lockdown protest at Speaker’s Corner in Hyde Park Piers Corbyn, 73, was among 17 people who were arrested at the demonstration  Large group gathered to object to their rights of free … Read more