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Claire Gilbody-Dickerson

M25 protesters defy court ban to storm motorway during rush hour AGAIN

Climate change activists once again defied a High Court injunction to storm the M25 and block traffic on the UK's busiest road - with some glueing themselves onto it.

It is the seventh time in just over a fortnight that activists from Insulate Britain, an offshoot of Extinction Rebellion, have taken to the motorway that encircles London.

Kent Police said officers are attending the scene of the protests at the J3 - the Swanley Interchange - where some campaigners have "glued their hands to the road".

A total of 11 people have been arrested since the protest started at about 8am today.

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The protest went ahead despite an injunction which could see activists jailed if they block the M25 again (@isthatamyj/Twitter)

"Motorists are advised to expect delays and find alternative routes if possible whilst the officers work to remove the protesters and assist National Highways in reopening the road," police said.

"Please expect delays and find alternative routes if possible whilst we work with @HighwaysSEAST to remove the protesters and reopen the roundabout", a tweet adds.

The protest from the offshoot of Extinction Rebellion went ahead despite a High Court injunction last week warning climate change activists they faced jail if they carried on disrupting traffic on the M25.

Insulate Britain wants the government to insulate and retrofit homes across the UK to cut climate emissions.

Kent police said 11 people have been arrested as traffic was yet again brought to a halt on the M25 (National Highways)

Insulate Britain said: "We are going nowhere. You can raid our savings. You can confiscate our property. You can deny us our liberty and put us behind bars.

"But shooting the messenger can never destroy the message: that this country is going to hell unless you take emergency action to stop putting carbon into the air. Boris get on with the job."

A similar protest took place just three days ago, when footage emerged of at least 50 protesters blocking the J14 junction near Heathrow Airport.

Scenes from the protest on Monday, the sixth time the group took to the M25 (PA)

Speaking on LBC following the last protest on Monday, Insulate Britain spokesperson Tracey Mulligan said: "We have certainly got everybody talking about insulation or avoiding the question of insulation.

"We have got people considering that our government is legally failing in their duty to protect us and I think we're showing that Priti Patel, unfortunately, is trying to scare us with an injunction and that shows her lack of character, not ours.

"You can't put an injunction on hunger, you can't put and injunction on physics, and we are terrified for our children's future and sick of over 8,000 people dying each year from the choice of heating or eating."

When asked about breaking the injunction, she said: "I wouldn't say we are happy, we are just putting things into the bigger context. We are tired of over seven million people having to choose between heating or eating and we know that's going to get worse with the energy crisis that we're facing now."

A total of 23 people were arrested last week after Insulate Britain stormed onto the M25 for a fifth day, bringing traffic to a standstill at a junction near Cobham, at Surrey.

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