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ENVIRONMENTAL activists camped out in underground tunnels to protest the creation of the UK's HS2 rail network have been warned they are in 'great danger' due to winter weather.
PROTESTERS inside a tunnel by London’s Euston station have accused HS2’s eviction team of “flagrantly breaking human rights” and putting their lives in danger. A group of at least six activists have been underground since Tuesday in tunnels constructed over several months to withstand an eviction from Euston Square Gardens. Protesters set up camp in the small central-London park last summer in a bid to stop the next stage of HS2 construction. In a video filmed early this morning, protester Larch Maxey said that enforcement agents “are still flagrantly breaking human righ...
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 is stepping on his arm in the grim tunnel. The veteran activist, 48, whose real name is Daniel ...
BBC News Published image captionProtesters say they have no immediate plans to leave the tunnel Activists staging an underground protest in central London have "put themselves in great danger" as weather conditions worsen, HS2 said. At least five HS2 Rebellion campaigners have refused to leave tunnels they have dug under Euston Square Gardens. Officials have said they are at risk of suffocating or drowning, as weather forecasters warn of heavy rain, sleet and snow. The activists dug the tunnels to thwart their eviction from a protest camp. In September, they set up a Tree Protection Camp in E...
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 make the tunnel safe again. We are now not getting the air supply that we need to our tunnel. We’...