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| London Pride: Seven arrests as Just Stop Oil protest delays parade | London Pride: Seven arrests as Just Stop Oil protest delays parade |
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| Watch: Police remove Just Stop Oil protesters from Pride parade | Watch: Police remove Just Stop Oil protesters from Pride parade |
| Watch: Police remove Just Stop Oil protesters from Pride parade | Watch: Police remove Just Stop Oil protesters from Pride parade |
| Seven Just Stop Oil protesters have been arrested while trying to halt the annual Pride parade in central London. | Seven Just Stop Oil protesters have been arrested while trying to halt the annual Pride parade in central London. |
| Images on social media showed police removing demonstrators who managed to briefly stop the march. | Images on social media showed police removing demonstrators who managed to briefly stop the march. |
| The Metropolitan Police said seven people were arrested for public nuisance offences. | The Metropolitan Police said seven people were arrested for public nuisance offences. |
| Before the parade started, LGBTQ+ Just Stop Oil members called on Pride to stop accepting sponsorship money from "high-polluting industries". | Before the parade started, LGBTQ+ Just Stop Oil members called on Pride to stop accepting sponsorship money from "high-polluting industries". |
| Organisers estimate more than 30,000 participants from across 600 organisations took part in the parade. | Organisers estimate more than 30,000 participants from across 600 organisations took part in the parade. |
| Speaking after the arrests, Will De'Athe-Morris, from Pride in London said he did not want the protest to overshadow the parade's core message. | Speaking after the arrests, Will De'Athe-Morris, from Pride in London said he did not want the protest to overshadow the parade's core message. |
| "Pride is a protest and pride is a celebration," he told the BBC. "We are protesting for LGBT+ rights and for our trans siblings, who must never march alone." | |
| "So for us anyone who tries to disrupt that protest and parade is really letting down those people who use this space once a year to come together to celebrate and protest for those rights." | "So for us anyone who tries to disrupt that protest and parade is really letting down those people who use this space once a year to come together to celebrate and protest for those rights." |
| Protesters stopped in front of a Coca-Cola float in Piccadilly | Protesters stopped in front of a Coca-Cola float in Piccadilly |
| Police said the parade was briefly delayed for around 17 minutes while officers dealt with the protesters at Piccadilly's junction with Down Street. | Police said the parade was briefly delayed for around 17 minutes while officers dealt with the protesters at Piccadilly's junction with Down Street. |
| BBC Radio London's Rob Oxley said the protesters "sat down in front of the Coke float for around 20 minutes". | BBC Radio London's Rob Oxley said the protesters "sat down in front of the Coke float for around 20 minutes". |
| "The DJ on the float continued to play music and the crowd cheered as they were removed." | "The DJ on the float continued to play music and the crowd cheered as they were removed." |
| Organisers estimated around 30,000 participants from across 600 organisations took part in the parade | Organisers estimated around 30,000 participants from across 600 organisations took part in the parade |
| Before the parade started, LGBTQ+ members of Just Stop Oil called on organisers to condemn new oil, gas and coal licences. | Before the parade started, LGBTQ+ members of Just Stop Oil called on organisers to condemn new oil, gas and coal licences. |
| "These partnerships embarrass the LGBTQ+ community at a time when much of the cultural world is rejecting ties to these toxic industries," they said in a statement. | "These partnerships embarrass the LGBTQ+ community at a time when much of the cultural world is rejecting ties to these toxic industries," they said in a statement. |
| LGBTQ+ people are "suffering first" in the "accelerating social breakdown" caused by climate change, they added. | LGBTQ+ people are "suffering first" in the "accelerating social breakdown" caused by climate change, they added. |
| Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, says many people involved in the parade are passionate about tackling climate change, but disruption isn't the right approach | Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, says many people involved in the parade are passionate about tackling climate change, but disruption isn't the right approach |
| The procession started at midday at Hyde Park Corner and people peacefully made their way through Westminster's streets - it finished at Whitehall Place. | The procession started at midday at Hyde Park Corner and people peacefully made their way through Westminster's streets - it finished at Whitehall Place. |
| A number of stages hosted performances from LGBTQ+ acts as part of the celebrations. | A number of stages hosted performances from LGBTQ+ acts as part of the celebrations. |
| The parade began at Hyde Park Corner and weaved its way through central London - it is due to end at Whitehall Place | The parade began at Hyde Park Corner and weaved its way through central London - it is due to end at Whitehall Place |
| Mr De'Athe-Morris urged protesters not to "rain on this parade". | Mr De'Athe-Morris urged protesters not to "rain on this parade". |
| "There are so many more opportunities during the year to share your messages, please don't try and rain on this parade," he said. | "There are so many more opportunities during the year to share your messages, please don't try and rain on this parade," he said. |
| "We don't want to see a day marred in any way by people trying to disrupt it." | "We don't want to see a day marred in any way by people trying to disrupt it." |
| Earlier, Sadiq Khan described Just Stop Oil as a "really important pressure group" despite the disruption threats. | Earlier, Sadiq Khan described Just Stop Oil as a "really important pressure group" despite the disruption threats. |