ECO idiots have targetted Heathrow Airports just hours after trying to cause havoc for holidaymakers at Gatwick.
Just Stop Oil protestors today covered departure boards in orange paint at Heathrow Airport, before planting themselves in front of it.
Tom BowlesEco idiots are trying to cause chaos at Heathrow this morning[/caption]
Tom BowlesThe Just Stop Oil protestors planted themselves in front of the information board[/caption]
Tom BowlesIt comes after they yesterday tried to block departure gates at Gatwick – but holidaymakers just walked past them[/caption]
The eco-zealots yesterday tried to halt passengers at Gatwick’s departure gates, but they merely stepped over them.
Just Stop Oil activists tried to disrupt the major airport’s southern terminal at around 8am yesterday – but pictures show holidaymakers clambering past the ill-conceived blockade.
Sussex Police yesterday said: “Police responded to a report that protesters were demonstrating near the security entrance at the South Terminal in Gatwick Airport at around 8am today.
“Eight people have been arrested on suspicion of interfering with public infrastructure, and a heightened police presence should be expected at this time.
“The airport is functioning as usual, and no disruption has been caused by protest activity.”
A London Gatwick spokesman previously said the airport is “open and operating normally today”.
They added: “There are a small number of protesters at the airport who have now been arrested and are being removed from the airport.”
Meanwhile, fellow climate activists from Extinction Rebellion yesterday blocked Old Queen Street in Westminster, central London, in a protest targeting the think tank Policy Exchange office building, with pools of black liquid poured on the ground.
It comes amid a campaign by the group to target airports and disrupt the holiday industry after steering its focus away from blocking roads.
“This summer, areas of key importance to the fossil fuel economy will be declared sites of civil resistance around the world,” the group added today.
Mel Carrington, 63, a mother and former environmental consultant from Dorset, and Greg Sculthorpe, a mathematician from Doncaster, were said to be among the activists involved.
The group added the protest at Gatwick comes as part of the international campaign Oil Kills, and said 21 groups across 12 countries have demonstrated at 17 airports so far.
Earlier this month, Gatwick became the latest major airport to secure a High Court injunction in an attempt to stop would-be environmental activists trespassing on its land after receiving police intelligence over protest plans.
Timothy Morshead KC, representing Gatwick at the hearing, said such action could cause “severe disruption and financial loss” and “significant delays for passengers”.
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