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On Swampy ground: a brief history of protest tunnelling in the UK Diane Taylor © Photograph: Reuters Environmental activist Daniel Hooper, AKA Swampy, in a tunnel dug in the path of a planned expansion at Manchester airport in 1997. Protest tunnelling, back in the spotlight thanks to subterranean anti-HS2 demonstrations in London, became a national preoccupation in the 90s when environmental activists dug a complex series of tunnels in the path of an extension to the A30 in F...

HS2 protesters have spent months secretly digging a dangerous 100ft tunnel near London’s Euston station. Veteran activist Swampy is among a group risking their lives by burrowing into the ground in a bid to thwart their eviction from a makeshift protest camp. The HS2 Rebellion squad set up the ‘Tree Protection Camp’ in Euston Square Gardens in September to protest against the multibillion-pound rail project. Members say the tunnel, codenamed Kelvin, is 100ft long and has taken two months ...

play-icon Watch the report by ITV Meridians Cary Johnston The Newbury Bypass was built 25 years ago this month, and was one of the most controversial road building programmes in the Thames Valley. It cost more than £100 million to construct and was designed to take busy traffic away from the town. The plan was to construct a new road around Newbury, which had become a notorious traffic bottle neck. But that meant cutting through areas of countryside, which the protestors were determined to p...