SECOND protest tunnel is found in London: Bailiffs find activists in secret crawl space beneath Islington tree encampment - after eco mob got help from Swampy s 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 Swampy
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Prime minister Boris Johnson has reminded those dreaming of a summer abroad that it is currently illegal to go on holiday .
Mr Johnson was speaking at a Downing Street press conference where he was asked whether members of the public should start booking holidays.
In response, the prime minister said: It is currently illegal to go on holiday. We re looking at the data everyday. In the week of the 22nd (February) we ll be setting out the road map and that s the best answer I can give.
12:00 EDT, 8 February 2021
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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 Euston Station in Central London.
MailOnline understands that the wooden shacks cover an entrance to the tunnel network and that they will be torn down by contractors at an appropriate point in HS2 s safety-led approach . The National Eviction Team, which is leading the operation, declined to comment.
POLICE have issued a plea to people to stay home as much as possible and exercise locally after a member of a mountain rescue team was seriously injured during a callout to a Lake District fell. Rescuers were called to a 47-year-old man who had had been camping on Red Screes, between Ambleside and Patterdale, and began suffering chest pains. The man, from the Leicester area, who was with another man from the Liverpool area, was taken to hospital by ambulance and discharged the same day. During the rescue in the early hours of Saturday morning, a member of Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team fell 150m and suffered serious injuries.