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The defendants were part of a group who occupied a 30m network of tunnels under Euston Square Gardens between 27 January and 27 February this year. An HS2

A judge has thrown out a case against HS2 Rebellion protesters who dug a tunnel under the Euston station site. District Judge Susan Williams ruled that

UK cracks down on climate change activists before UN summit

The demonstrators, part of a group called HS2 Rebellion, were arrested in February after using the 100-foot tunnel system near London Euston for a month-long underground protest.

Govt is keen to reduce carbon emissions, ensure new binding targets to cut global warming are met at summit

Direct action group Extinction Rebellion has brought UK cities to a standstill via large protests

The majority of the money (£2.8M) was spent on enforcement officers tasked with removing the protesters from the site. The remainder of the money is

Charges against six protesters dropped as HS2 was not carrying out work on the site at the time

The trial was due to run until Friday but the case was reportedly dropped on Wednesday.

The group HS2 Rebellion, which included veteran eco-warrior Swampy, dug tunnels underneath Euston Square in north London and lived inside them in a temporary encampment for a month in January.