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Tens of thousands of drivers suffered long delays this week as Just Stop Oil activists repeatedly carried out protests.

Climate campaigners did not say if they plan to resume protests, which shut sections of the motorway all week

A Just Stop Oil activist on a overhead gantry on the M25. Herts police commissioner David Lloyd has questioned coverage of the protests (Just Stop Oil/PA)

Activists were protesting on the M25 for the fourth day in succession

David Lloyd told journalists they should think about whether or not to give the protests by Just Stop Oil the “oxygen of publicity”.

Three journalists were arrested in Hertfordshire this week prompting widespread calls for press freedom

The M25 was partly shut on Thursday morning as Just Stop Oil activists targeted the motorway for a fourth consecutive day. From 6.30am, protesters again scaled gantries at various locations on the motorway, as they continue to call on the government to halt new oil and gas licences. At least…

Parts of the M25 were brought to a standstill on Thursday morning as Just Stop Oil activists targeted the motorway for a fourth consecutive day.

Surrey Police said officers are dealing with activists who have climbed a gantry at Junction 8 of the UK’s busiest motorway.

A police motorcycle rider was injured as officers responded to a Just Stop Oil protest on the M25. Essex Police said there was a collision involving the motorbike and two lorries during a rolling roadblock introduced due to an activist on the motorway between junctions 26 and 27 on Wednesday…

An LBC reporter had been reporting on Just Stop Oil activists on the M25 on Tuesday when she was questioned and handcuffed by officers.