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Bailiffs are continuing to try to remove anti-HS2 protesters from tunnels by Euston station, after a demonstrator attached himself to the structure. A group of at least six activists have spent more than a week in a network of tunnels beneath Euston Square Gardens. Dr Larch Maxey, one of the demonstrators, said on Thursday that bailiffs had dug a parallel “down shaft” and connected it to the protesters’ one. Eviction efforts continued on Friday as bailiffs tried to remove another environm...

Activists dig in to defy eviction from London tunnel AFP 2/5/2021 AFP © Millie BOARDMAN Activist Blue Sandford in a tunnel near Londons Euston Station, dug and occupied by environmental protesters campaigning against the construction of a high speed rail line 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-sp...

Environmental campaigners have dug a network of tunnels beneath Euston Square Gardens.

The mother of a teenage HS2 protester is worried for his safety after he joined his father, the veteran activist Swampy, in tunnels near Euston station.Swampy, whose real name is Daniel Hooper, 47

BBC News Published media captionProtesters filmed themselves inside the tunnels Activists staging an underground protest in central London are in a "very dangerous" situation and must stop tunnelling, a judge has said. Members of HS2 Rebellion have spent six nights beneath Euston Square Gardens. On Monday, the activists applied for an injunction requiring eviction teams to stop trying to remove them but this was refused by a High Court judge. The court also said protesters should tell authoriti...

Extinction Rebellion join Euston tunnellers in show of solidarity by climbing HS2 office Four scaled the HS2 Ltd offices in Eversholt Street near Euston station and unfurled banner which read Essential work should heal not harm By Gareth Davies, Member of Parliament for Grantham and Stamford 2 February 2021 • 11:16am Extinction Rebellion protesters on the HS2 office canopy Credit: LNP/Marcin Nowak Extinction Rebellion demonstrators have joined the Euston Square Gardens activists in a "show ...

Anti-HS2 campaigners are in “good” spirits after spending their fifth night holed up in tunnels under a central London park. Protesters have dug a network of tunnels beneath Euston Square Gardens, next to Euston station, in a bid to protect the green space which they claim will be built over with a temporary taxi rank before being sold to developers as part of plans for the high-speed railway. One activist, Larch Maxey, speaking to the PA news agency by phone on Monday, said conditions unde...

Anti-HS2 campaigners are in “good” spirits after spending their fifth night holed up in tunnels under a central London park. Protesters have dug a network of tunnels beneath Euston Square Gardens, next to Euston station, in a bid to protect the green space which they claim will be built over with a temporary taxi rank before being sold to developers as part of plans for the high-speed railway. One activist, Larch Maxey, speaking to the PA news agency by phone on Monday, said conditions unde...

His father is being reckless and irresponsible. A rescue expert had warned that heavy rain and sleet could cause tunnels beneath Euston in London to collapse and endanger HS2 activists living in the underground passages.   Swampy has spoken about his son joining the protest, adding: To begin with, I didnt want Rory to be in the tunnel for the eviction, but he was absolutely adamant that he would stay down there with me for it. The protesters are campaigning against the £98billion HS2 railway...

Anti-HS2 protesters say efforts to evict them from tunnels under a small central London park are “dangerous” as they prepare to spend a sixth night underground. Environmental campaigners have dug a network of tunnels beneath Euston Square Gardens, next to Euston station, in a bid to protect the green space which they claim will be built over with a temporary taxi rank before being sold to developers as part of plans for the high-speed railway. A spokesman for HS2 Rebellion, an alliance of g...