The Metropolitan Police has banned Extinction Rebellion protests in London - but it hasn't stopped climate activists from taking to the streets to spread their message.
The city-wide ban has been criticised by lawyers and politicians and it is understood that the protest group has taken steps towards a judicial review.
Shadow home secretary Diane Abbott said the ban was "completely contrary to Britain's long-held traditions of policing by consent, freedom of speech, and the right to protest".
Met Police deputy assistant commissioner Laurence Taylor said the protest ban was brought in after "continued breaches" of the condition limiting the demonstration to just Trafalgar Square.
Under the order, any assembly - classed as a gathering of two or more people - linked to Extinction Rebellion in London is unlawful.
Mr Taylor said: "This was an operational policing decision to help us get London moving again.
"After nine days of disruption we felt it is entirely proportionate and reasonable to impose this condition because of the cumulative impact of these protests.
"A significant policing operation continues and we will take robust action against anyone engaged in unlawful protests at locations targeted by Extinction Rebellion."
He added that using section 14 to limit protests to certain locations and times was "not unusual at all", and that the measures had been applied during demonstrations over Tommy Robinson's conviction in August.
But the ban has not stopped protesters from continuing their action around central London today.
The group's co-founder, Gail Bradbrook, was filmed climbing the entrance to the Department for Transport in Westminster this morning while some protesters were camped out in Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens.
As of this morning a total of 1,457 arrests had been made in connection with the protests since they began on October 7.
