4 d. ago Jailed UK climate protesters facing conditions reserved for extremists on release

Exclusive: Just Stop Oil activist was banned from attending gatherings, including meeting a friend in a cafe, without permissionEnvironmental protesters are being given licence conditions on release from jail that are supposed to be limited to extremism cases.Ella Ward, 22, was banned from going to any meetings or gatherings, except for worship, without permission from her probation officer, although the Ministry of Justice dropped the condition after she brought a legal challenge. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Just Stop Oil activists acquitted of Stonehenge criminal damage

Rajan Naidu, Niamh Lynch and Luke Watson were involved in the incident in June last year.

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1 week ago Just Stop Oil activists who covered Stonehenge with orange powder are CLEARED of criminal damage after making human rights defence

Rajan Naidu, 74, student Niamh Lynch, 23, and Luke Watson, 36, were on trial accused of vandalising the world heritage site to protest against the use of fossil fuels.

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1 week ago Three Just Stop Oil activists cleared over Stonehenge protest

Trio argued orange powder protest day before 2024 solstice was justified because of focus on climate emergency Three Just Stop Oil protesters have been cleared over a protest at Stonehenge during which orange powder was sprayed on to the prehistoric circle.Rajan Naidu, 74, Niamh Lynch, 23, and Luke Watson, 36, targeted Stonehenge the day before last year’s summer solstice. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Just Stop Oil activists who sprayed Stonehenge with orange powder cleared of criminal damage

They cited human rights law in their defence

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1 week ago ‘No regrets’: activists who sprayed Stonehenge orange proud of ‘magic trick’

Just Stop Oil protesters say they knew action would not harm stones and law used to prosecute them was ‘insane’Over the years, Just Stop Oil activists have carried out headline-grabbing actions at sporting events, art galleries and motorways, but it was their protest at Stonehenge that attracted the most attention globally.As the trial of the three JSO activists who led the action ended with their acquittal, they described their pride at their “magic trick”, insisting it was a proportionate response to the climate emergency and criticising the “insane” law under which they were prosecuted. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Plans to 'name and shame' people on community service savaged in letter to David Lammy

Plans to name and shame people on Community Payback schemes could do 'severe and long-lasting damage' to children with parents in the criminal justice system, experts warn today.

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3 w. ago Just Stop Oil protestors 'armed with fire extinguishers' ignored pleas to 'stop' as they sprayed Stonehenge with orange powder, court hears

Three Just Stop Oil activists went to Stonehenge 'armed with fire extinguishers' which they used to spray the ancient monument with an orange powder, Salisbury Crown Court heard today.

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3 w. ago How do YOU like it? Just Stop Oil activist moans when her mural is painted over

Holly Astle, an illustrator from Falmouth, Cornwall, accused the local council of whitewashing her art on a wall at the Lawn Steps in her hometown for 'political' reasons.

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4 w. ago Natalie Cassidy makes rare comment about her abusive ex and says it was her mother's death that led her to be with him

The EastEnders star, 42, shares her eldest daughter Eliza with Adam who pled guilty to assault and criminal damage for attacking Natalie in 2011.

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