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| Insulate Britain: Injunction granted against M25 protesters | Insulate Britain: Injunction granted against M25 protesters |
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| Insulate Britain climate change protesters blocked the exit slip road of the M25 at junction 18 | |
| A court injunction has been granted to National Highways against protesters targeting the M25, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said. | A court injunction has been granted to National Highways against protesters targeting the M25, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said. |
| Climate change activists from Insulate Britain could face imprisonment as a result of the High Court decision. | Climate change activists from Insulate Britain could face imprisonment as a result of the High Court decision. |
| The group has blocked various parts of the M25 five times in the last week. | The group has blocked various parts of the M25 five times in the last week. |
| On Twitter, Mr Shapps said the "activists will face contempt of court with possible imprisonment if they flout". | On Twitter, Mr Shapps said the "activists will face contempt of court with possible imprisonment if they flout". |
| A large number of Insulate Britain campaigners have already been arrested at previous protests, the first of which affected Essex, Hertfordshire and Kent on Monday, 13 September. | |
| Protesters also targeted other motorways, included the M11 near Stansted Airport in Essex and the M3 in Surrey. | |
| Campaigners glued themselves to the motorway in some of the protests that began at the start of last week | |
| The group has said it would continue protesting until the government took action on home insulation. | |
| M25 protesters 'may cause serious injury or death' | |
| Priti Patel calls M25 climate protesters selfish | |
| Arrest tally over M25 protests reaches 77 | |
| Home Secretary Priti Patel, who described protesters' actions as "selfish" last week, said the "important injunction" would mean "people can get moving again" on the London orbital motorway. | |
| "We will not tolerate lives being put at risk," she said. | |
| "Those who continue to do so risk imprisonment. | |
| Invading a motorway is reckless & puts lives at risk. I asked National Highways to seek an injunction against M25 protestors which a judge granted last night. Effective later today, activists will face contempt of court with possible imprisonment if they flout. | |
| In a reply to Mr Shapps' tweet, Insulate Britain said the government "is reckless and is putting lives at risk with its inaction on #insulation". | |
| The group questioned how many lives "have been lost already due to poorly insulated leaky homes" or because of climate collapse. | |
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