90 m. ago Home destroyed as emergency crews respond to ‘gas explosion’ in Nottinghamshire town

Residents in the area took to social media to report hearing a large bang on Saturday evening

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2 h. ago Emergency crews respond to ‘gas explosion’ in Nottinghamshire town

Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service received its first report about the incident in John Street, Worksop, at 7.39pm on Saturday.

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7 h. ago Eight arrested as Youth Demand block fire engine ‘on 999 call’

Eight arrested as Youth Demand block fire engine ‘on 999 call’  London Evening Standard

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7 h. ago Eight arrested as Youth Demand try to ‘shut down’ London and block fire engine ‘on emergency call’

Supporters gathered at Elephant and Castle, Russell Square and Vauxhall Bridge for campaign called ‘open swarming’

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9 h. ago Moment Youth Demand protesters block fire engine as it responds to emergency during pro

Protesters took to the streets of London as part of a pro-Palestine rally causing disruption and standstill traffic on key routes in the capital.

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3 d. ago Inside Youth Demand: The Gen Z protest group vowing to 'shut down' London

Youth Demand say they have 25,000 people on their mailing list and have seen interest surge since police raided a Quaker House meeting

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4 d. ago Youth Demand protest: Activists place 'body bags' outside David Lammy's home and block roads in central London

Two groups of Youth Demand protesters also blocked traffic on Commercial Street, by Angel Junction and near Tower Bridge on Tuesday

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5 d. ago Gaza paramedics shot in upper body ‘with intent to kill’, Red Crescent says

PRCS calls for international investigation after postmortem results add to evidence contradicting Israel’s accountAutopsies conducted on 15 Palestinian paramedics and civil emergency responders who were killed by Israeli forces in Gaza show they were were shot in the upper body with “intent to kill”, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent, which is demanding an international investigation into the attack.The killings took place in the southern Gaza Strip on 23 March, days into a renewed Israeli offensive in the Hamas-ruled territory, and sparked international condemnation. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Thousands in Spain join nationwide march to protest against housing crisis

Organisers say 150,000 joined protest in Madrid urging the government to ‘end the housing racket’ and to demand access to affordable housingTens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of Spain in the latest protest against housing speculation and to demand access to affordable homes.Organisers claim that up to 150,000 joined the protest in Madrid while smaller demonstrations were held in about 40 cities across the country. Protesters from Málaga on the Costa del Sol to Vigo in the Atlantic northwest chanted “end the housing racket” and “landlords are guilty, the government is responsible”. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Youth Demand protest: Activists block roads in central London as they threaten to ‘shut down’ city

Protesters blocked a number of key routes in London on Saturday

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7 d. ago Youth Demand protest LIVE: Activists threaten to ‘shut down London’ with park protest over Gaza and climate crisis

Protesters are gathering from 11am at Lincoln’s Inn Fields

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9 d. ago Haiti announces new measures to fight gangs after thousands of protesters demand security

The leader of Haiti’s transitional presidential council says it is taking measures to crack down on a surge in gang violence as he acknowledged that the country has “become hell for everyone.”

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9 d. ago Vilified, arrested, held incommunicado: that's the price of protest in Britain today | George Monbiot

It seems to me that whatever the charges facing the activists at the Quaker meeting house raid, their fundamental crime is dissentThe faces are different, but it’s the same authoritarianism. Keir Starmer’s team might not look or sound like Donald Trump’s, but its policies on protest and dissent are chillingly similar. So is the reason: coordinated global lobbying by the rich and powerful, fronted by rightwing junktanks.Last week, six young women were having tea and biscuits in the Quaker meeting house in Westminster. Twenty police officers forced open the door and arrested them on conspiracy charges. Had the police discovered a plot to blow up parliament or to poison the water supply? No. It was an openly advertised, routine meeting of a protest group called Youth Demand, discussing climate breakdown and the assault on Gaza.George Monbiot is a Guardian columnistThe Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism, by George Monbiot and Peter Hutchison, was published in paperb...

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1 week ago Youth Demand vows to press on with 'disruptive' protests as Met accused of 'traumatising women' during arrests

Youth Demand held a rally in central London on Tuesday night - days after more than 30 police officers made six arrests at Quaker meeting house

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1 week ago London protests LIVE: Youth Demand accuse Government of 'trying to shut us down' at pro

The ‘Shut It Down For Palestine’ rally has begun in Bloomsbury

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1 week ago Who are Youth Demand? The protest group plotting to 'shut down' London

Who are Youth Demand? The protest group plotting to 'shut down' London  Yahoo News Canada

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1 week ago Who are Youth Demand? Protest group at centre of Quaker house arrests threaten month of disruptive action

Youth Demand will be holding open rallies every week during April

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1 week ago Israeli troops killed 15 Palestinian medics and buried them in a mass grave, UN says

Palestinians held funerals for 15 medics and emergency responders killed by Israeli troops in southern Gaza

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1 week ago Who are Youth Demand? The protest group threatening to 'shut down' London for a month

Protest group Youth Demand has threatened to 'shut down' London with a month of co-ordinated action starting on Tuesday

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1 week ago Quakers condemn Met Police raid as six arrested in Westminster meeting house

Youth Demand said their members were planning non-violent protests in April when they were arrested in a Quaker meeting house

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