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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...

Day four of the HS2 protest at Euston and the mother of an activist in a treehouse arrived at the police cordon, hoping to fling battery packs and food over the security fence. She was too late.

Heavy rain and sleet could cause tunnels beneath Euston in London to collapse and endanger HS2 activists living in the underground passages, a rescue expert has warned. It follows liquid mud pouring in on Friday, amid fears the green activists - including veteran eco-warrior Swampy - could be buried alive in the tunnel.  Cherry pickers arrived this afternoon to dismantle ramshackle tree houses built by the activists.  Exclusive video for MailOnline also shows Swampy complaining that a bailiff...

Campaigners camping out in tunnels in central London have been warned “they are putting themselves in even greater danger” by not leaving as weather conditions worsen. Members of HS2 Rebellion, who have constructed the tunnels under Euston Square Gardens, claim the small green space near the station will be built over with a temporary taxi rank before being sold to developers as part of plans for the high-speed railway HS2 Ltd said in a statement on Saturday: “In the past 24 hours the wea...

Updated: January 29, 2021, 4:45 pm Protesters say liquid mud is pouring into the 100ft network of tunnels (HS2 Rebellion/PA) Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up HS2 campaigners involved in an underground protest in central London have said “liquid mud” is pouring into one of their tunnels. Veteran environmental campaig...

Share But Swampy claimed the tunnellers have been prevented from fixing the water leaks into the tunnel in a video taken underground today.  He said: We urgently need help. We need people to really shout and get HS2 to do the right thing. They’ve made our tunnel unsafe.  They’ve stopped the water control we had in place where we were catching the rainwater on the roof.  They’ve taken that away and that means we’ve just been inundated with water in the tunnel. They need to help us mak...

HS2 accused of deliberately pumping water into tunnels dug by protesters near Euston station Activist group HS2 Rebellion say that “liquid mud” is pouring into one of their tunnels and that the situation is “not safe” 29 January 2021 • 7:35pm Veteran activist Swampy said: “The only explanation I can think of is that they are pumping water the other way to try and get people to come out, to try and flood the tunnel out." Credit: REUTERS/Henry Nicholls HS2 has been accused of deliber...

Their efforts have so far infuriated bailiffs trying to remove them from underneath gardens near Euston Station. And coming from such a wide spectrum of backgrounds, each bring a different set of skills to the protest. But the authorities warned last night they could be putting their own lives at risk if they did not crawl out of the tunnels. The National Eviction Team said: The unlawful activists appear to have put themselves in danger of a further tunnel collapse, and potentially of intercept...

An activist protesting in secret tunnels below Euston Station against the HS2 high-speed rail-line accused bailiffs of torture as they worked to try and remove them. The man understood to be Lazer - real name Lachlan Blaze Sandford - is believed to be the brother of fellow tunneller Blue Sandford, 18. Others inside the burrows are Scott Breen, 47, Larch Maxey, 48, and Swampy himself Daniel Hooper, also 48.  In a video shared from inside the burrows by HS2 Rebellion Lazer appeared to have dif...

By Press Association 2021 HS2 protesters in trees at the encampment in Euston Square Gardens (Aaron Chown/PA) Police have arrested anti-HS2 railway protesters involved with occupying a central London park as other activists remained in a 100-foot network of tunnels dug underground. At least three activists were handcuffed for apparently breaching coronavirus regulations at the scene in Euston Square Gardens on Thursday morning. The HS2 Reb...