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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 authorities the "layout, size and engineering" of the tunnels. The activists dug the tunnels to thwart their ...

Struggle Between Euston Tunnel Protesters and HS2 Spills into Courts The struggle between protesters and bailiffs in Euston Square is spilling out from a muddy 100-foot tunnel under London’s streets to the courts. When bailiffs moved in on the long-standing tree-top blockade of construction for the HS2 high-speed rail hub last Wednesday, protesters fled to a tunnel that they had constructed over several months, claiming that they had enough food and water to last for several weeks. Specialist security staff working for HS2 have since been trying to remove the protesters from the tunnel and ...

High Speed 2 protesters have vowed to stay in tunnels underneath Euston Square Gardens 'for weeks,' despite a judge telling them they are in danger and must stop digging.  The group have spent six nights underground after digging a network of tunnels underneath the gardens - which they claim will be levelled to make way for a temporary taxi rank, before being sold on to developers as part of plans for the high-speed network. Earlier today High Court judge Mr Justice Robin Knowles refused an application brought by one of the campaigners trying to halt efforts to evict them.  HS2 Ltd said it ...

Extinction Rebellion target Lincoln firm for latest protest Demanding an end to the “environmentally destructive” HS2 project Protestors made their feelings heard outside Sunbelt Rentals in Lincoln. | Photo: Extinction Rebellion Lincolnshire Extinction Rebellion held a socially distanced protest outside Sunbelt Rentals in Lincoln over the weekend, opposing the company’s support of the HS2 project. Climate change activists gathered at the unit on Great Northern Terrace Industrial Estate as an act of solidarity with fellow protestors across the country. Extinction Rebellion aims to take a...

Rory Hooper, 16, (left) has joined his father Dan, better known as 'Swampy,' by staying in makeshift tunnels underneath Euston Square Gardens. Experts fear the tunnels are at risk of collapse.