Teenage anti-HS2 protester handed to police after leaving tunnel network
The 16-year-old had spent 22 days beneath Euston Square Gardens in central London.
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The 16-year-old had spent 22 days beneath Euston Square Gardens in central London.
One of the environmental protesters who occupied a self-dug tunnel for weeks in Euston, central London, to protest the HS2 project appeared at…
Scott ‘Scotty’ Breen was arrested after allegedly spending 19 days in one of the tunnels at the protest site in Euston Square Gardens.
The son of a island-owning millionaire Scottish laird turned anti-HS2 eco-warrior has locked himself inside a tunnel below Euston Square Gardens as bailiffs dig their own shaft as part of efforts to remove at least six activists who have spent eight days underground. The demonstrator, known as 'Lazer', attached himself to the bottom of a tunnel using a device made of steel and concrete around his arm. The HS2 Rebellion group estimated today it would take several hours before the device around his arm could be removed. A second one is attached round his ankle. Lazer is believed to be ca...
First published on Fri 5 Feb 2021 11.36 EST An environmental campaigner who earlier evaded an eviction team has voluntarily left tunnels dug near Euston station, a spokesperson for campaign group HS2 Rebellion has said. Lazer Sandford, whom bailiffs had been trying to extract from a “lock on” at the bottom of a down shaft for multiple hours on Friday, voluntarily left the network early on Saturday evening. The group spokesperson said Sandford came out in exchange for lights and hygiene products for the remaining protesters in the tunnels under Euston Square Gardens. A spokesperson for HS2...