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Environmental activist Roc Sandford explains the concerns – and pride – he feels over his daughter hiding underground to protest HS2

SECOND protest tunnel is found in London: Bailiffs find activists in secret crawl space beneath Islington tree encampment - after eco mob got help from Swampys crew at HS2 barricade in Euston The new burrow has been put up beneath Dixon Clark Court in Islington, north London, over tree fell plans Highbury Corner Tree Protection Camp have been up the trees for months before bailiffs arrived today They discovered a tunnel - just like the one at Euston - and said to have been masterminded by Swamp...

12:00 EDT, 8 February 2021 Advertisement 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, and his son Rory are occupying the tunnels dug in secret near Eust...

An anti-HS2 campaigner has been arrested after voluntarily leaving tunnels dug in secret by activists near Euston station in London. A group of at least six people has spent more than a week beneath Euston Square Gardens as part of a protest over the impact of the planned high speed railway. A spokesman from HS2 Ltd said on Friday night: “One of the illegal trespassers has voluntarily left the underground tunnel this evening, and we urge the others to follow. “On-site paramedics offered imm...

  LONDON, U.K. -- Underground in a tunnel dug near one of central Londons busiest roads, Blue Sandford says she is ready for anything. The 18-year-old has become the most prominent face of a protest against the construction of a high-speed rail link that has earned her comparisons to Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg. As bailiffs tried to get her and fellow protesters out from under Euston Square Gardens, she vowed to make their eviction as difficult as possible. "Theyll have ...

Anti-HS2 campaigners have been in a network of tunnels since January 27.

An activist said bailiffs had dug a parallel ‘down shaft’ over the past few days.

Anti-HS2 protesters have come face-to-face with bailiffs in tunnels dug near Euston station in London, as efforts to evict them continue. Dr Larch Maxey, who is among the group of activists who have spent more than a week beneath Euston Square Gardens, said bailiffs had begun “drilling” to remove another environmental campaigner from a “lock-on” at the bottom of a down shaft. During an interview between a protester and the PA news agency on Thursday night, a bailiff could be heard infor...

The son of a island-owning millionaire Scottish laird turned anti-HS2 eco-warrior has locked himself inside a tunnel below Euston Square Gardens as bailiffs dig their own shaft as part of efforts to remove at least six activists who have spent eight days underground.  The demonstrator, known as Lazer, attached himself to the bottom of a tunnel using a device made of steel and concrete around his arm.  The HS2 Rebellion group estimated today it would take several hours before the device around...

BBC News By Thomas Mackintosh image copyright@rocsandford image captionRoc Sandford with his children Blue (left) and Lazer during a protest in central London in 2018 The father of two climate change activists fears they could die inside a network of tunnels they helped to dig in protest at the HS2 rail project. Roc Sandfords children Blue and Lazer have been in the tunnels, near Euston station, for the past nine days. The 63-year-old said he was "scared he may never see them again" and critici...