Doctors and nurses joined Extinction Rebellion protesters today as ‘stretched’ police call in backup from Scotland – and warnthat protests are impeding their ability to attend to other crime. )
More than 100 healthcare professionals have joined the sixth day ofclimate changeprotests inLondon. Doctors, nurses and medical students were among those demonstrating at Jubilee Gardens, near oil giant Shell’s London HQ, on Saturday in the ‘Health March for the Planet’.
Several protesters leading the crowd wore hospital face masks, while others carried Extinction Rebellion flags and signs reading: ‘Climate change is a health issue.’
Extinction Rebellion activists are also marching in a funeral procession down Oxford Street in a ‘ grief march ‘to remind people what has been lost due to climate change.
Up to 100 officers are being sent from Scotland to London to assist help London authorities with the climate change demonstrations.
Alex Turner, 36, a paediatric and emergency doctor from Bristol who was wearing his blue scrubs and stethoscope at the protest, said: ‘We are meeting outside Shell because they are one of the biggest companies involved in the oil and energy indust ry, and they have real power to decarbonise that industry.
‘We are protesting illegal levels of air pollution.’
Protesters gather in support of Extinction Rebellion (XR) at Jubilee Gardens, London, to highlight deaths caused by air pollution
A woman wears a Statue of Liberty crown while holding a torch with Donald Trump’s face on it and a placard showing eco activist Greta Thunberg on her sail boat to New York which went viral. The protester also wears a sign saying ‘the statue of taking liberties’ as she marches London
Protesters leading the crowd wore hospital breathing masks while others carried Extinction Rebellion flags and signs reading: ‘Climate change is a health emergency’
‘Climate change is a health emergency’: More doctors join XR in their medical gear with leaflets and placards today
Two young protesters paint their faces with the XR logo and hold a mock coffin as they take part in a ‘funeral’ for the earth and march in central London today
A ‘funeral procession for the planet’ was held in London today as’ stretched ‘police confirmed nearly 1, 300 people have been arrested in connection with the ongoing demonstrations
Doctors join Extinction Rebellion for the sixth day of the activists demonstrati ng in Trafalgar Square. They hold placards in the style of a cigarette packet which reads ‘climate change is harmful to your health’ and wear their NHS lanyards
As many as 100 public order officers are being deployed from Scotland to London to assist the Metropolitan Police with the climate change demonstrations
Three XR members get fake oil poured over them during the demonstration in Trafalgar Square which has ‘stretched’ the Met Police and impacted the force’s ability to respond to other crimes
A girl holds up a hand-painted sign ‘rise up before the sea does’ during the march in London today, while others were heard chanting’ whose planet? our planet? ‘ through the city’s streets
Officers from Scotland will be deployed from early next week after Police Scotland Chief Constable Iain Livingstone approved the request from the National Police Co-ordination Center on behalf of the Met (pictured: Climate activists protest on Trafalgar Square)
Scotland Yard’s latest figures show 1, 290 arrests have been made so far in connection with Extinction Rebellion protests in the capital this week
Activists (pictured) blocked the entrance to the BBC’s central London headquarters on Friday, with some scaling the front of the building. Here they are seen chanting while battling the rain in the city
Protesters bombard Oxford Street in London and send the popular shopping street into chaos with their Mothers March which ran from midday to 3pm. The group said they would ‘march from Trafalgar Square to Westminster and unleash the mighty roar of the lioness’ with their pushchairs and song, on their website
Another protester said raising awareness about the effects of climate change on health is part of their ‘duty of care as healthcare professionals’.
Scotland Yard’s latest figures show 1, 290 arrests have been made so far in connection with Extinction Rebellion protests in the capital this week.
Belgium’s Princess Esmeralda was among those arrested after she joined a sit-in protest in Trafalgar Square on Thursday.
Princess Esmeralda Dereth, the daughter of the late Leopold III of Belgium and his second wife Lilian Baels, Princess of Rethy, says she was taken into a police van for questioning and held for around five hours.
The 63 – year-old said in a Twitter post: ‘Today along with many other protesters I was arrested and put in police custody. The climate emergency calls on all of us to put pressure on governments to act with urgency. ‘
Protesters’ camp at Trafalgar Square is seen during an Extinction Rebellion demonstration in London, October
Earth Wisdom Tenders chant while attending the XR march and claim to ‘tend to all Life on Earth in our troubled time’. They appeal to ‘XR Rebels’ whose ‘faith, beliefs and spiritual practices are rooted in Ancient or New Earth Wisdom’
A group of protesters hold up a giant skull as they march through the city and stop traffic. The Met Police said 23 arrests had been made at Billingsgate as of 9. 30 am today
They hold a makeshift model as part of the Skeleton March and ‘funeral’ for the earth throughout London. Their sculpture walk, including a cardboard rhinoceros, grinded traffic to a halt in Dalston, east London
Activists were asked to commit to three or four days to build the skeleton structures with artist Alistair Lambert (pictured are the art pieces seen at the march today). They were paired with placards reading ‘love for life on earth’
A female protester smudges facepaint under her eyes and wears a lifebuoy as she looks deep in thought during the skeleton themed event of the XR protest. Pictured behind her is a human skeleton clutching a model of the earth to its chest
Buses are stopped from making their journey’s as the protesters take part in the skeleton march to show models of animals which are extinct (pictured is human skull and dinosaur models)
Others strike a deadly appearance with face-paint as they dress up in skeleton-style for the March in the capital today
The Red Rebel Brigade activists, who are meant to represent ‘living statues’, make their way through London. They are seen miming in slow-motion as part of their act and wear scarlet red outfits to ‘symbolize the common blood we share with all species, that unifies us and makes us one’, according to the Metro
Earlier on Saturday, police arrested members of Animal Rebellion after they staged a demonstration at Billingsgate Fish Market in Poplar, London. ) The animal rights group stopped traffic from entering the market, leading to multiple arrests.
The Metropolitan Police said 23 arrests had been made at Billingsgate as of 9. 30 am.
A spokesman said 22 of those arrests were for failing to comply with a condition imposed under Section 14 of the Public Order Act 1986.
One person was also arrested for aggravated trespass, the Met said.
As many as 100 public order officers are being deployed from Scotland to London to assist the Metropolitan Police with the climate change demonstrations.
Police use heavy machinery to remove protesting climate activists from a wooden structure on Trafalgar Square during the sixth day of demonstrations
Met Police chief Cressida Dick said on Friday the force has been ‘stretched’ by the protests, impeding its ability to respond to other crimes (pictured: Protesters gather at the Trafalgar Square today)
The environmental activists huddle together and challenge the government to ‘stop ecocide – change the law’ during their blockade
A child pleads for their future to be saved as they brace the cold in the sixth day of the protest. They are pictured next to others who have taken inspiration from a children’s film. The placard next to them says ‘we should have listened to the Lorax’
One of the group lifts his head as fake oil pours over his bare chest in a bold performance aimed at big executives of BP, Shell and Total. Meanwhile some bypassers and camp residents are keen to capture the moment on camera (pictured in blue jacket)
Police remove protesters at the Trafalgar Square during an Extinction Rebellion demonstration in London, October 12
Protesters camp at the Trafalgar Square during an Extinction Rebellion demonstration in London, October 12, 2019
Doctors make a defying statement in the central London square as they take off their shoes and line them up with a message about how ‘government inaction will cost countless lives’. They demonstrate the vast number of people who will be impactted by ‘government inaction’ and use placards of mock cigarette packets to make their point clear
They come out in force in the capital with messages about how ‘science not silence’ is the answer to the UK’s climate emergency and ‘my duty is to protect life’
They will be deployed from early next week after Police Scotland Chief Constable Iain Livingstone approved the request from the National Police Co-ordination Center on behalf of the Met .
Met Police chief Cressida Dick said on Friday the force has been ‘stretched’ by the protests, impeding its ability to respond to other crimes.
Mr Livingstone, who has briefed Scotland’s Justice Secretary on the move, said it would not undermine Police Scotland’s ability to protect the public in Scotland.
He said: ‘I have agreed to send a number of officers for a short time to assist with the policing of the Extinction Rebellion protests currently taking place in the city.
‘ The Scottish Police Federation is engaged in this process and the safety and welfare of my officers and colleagues is paramount.
Met Police chief Cressida Dick said on Friday the force has been ‘stretched’ by the protests, impeding its ability to respond to other crimes
An Extinction Rebellion environmental activist drinks oil outside the 6th Government Oil and Gas Fiscal Summit at the Andaz London Hotel, yesterday
Police remove protesters at the Trafalgar Square during an Extinction Rebellion demonstration in London, October 12
A woman dresses in a giant animal hat and wraps up warm for her stay at the temporary XR camp which is part of an international co-ordinated protest
‘Scotland has benefited from mutual aid in the past and will do so again in the future. It’s therefore appropriate that, as the UK’s second biggest police service, we supply officers when asked to do so by other forces. ‘
Activists blocked the entrance to the BBC’s central London headquarters on Friday, with some scaling the front of the building.
On Thursday, demonstrations focused on London City Airport, where protesters attempted a ‘Hong Kong-style occupation’ of the terminal building, with hundreds blocking the main entrance.
Shortly after 10 am today the Met Police announced that there have been1, 290 arrests in connection with the ongoing Extinction Rebellion protests across London.
Doctors urge government that there is ‘no planet b’ as a play on words, in their handmade placards. They stand in front of the National Portrait Gallery in London with a towering material sign painted with the message: ‘climate change is a health emergency’
A spokesperson told MailOnline: ‘It is the police’s role is to provide a lawful and proportionate policing response to any planned protest, balancing the community impact with the right to protest.
‘If protestors break the law, officers will look to arrest those people. Furthermore, those people can expect to be charged, prosecuted, and receive a criminal record. ‘
DUTCH POLICE ARREST 130 ACTIVISTS WHO BLOCKED A MAIN BRIDGE IN CENTRAL AMSTERDAM
Dutch police on Saturday arrested
The group, created in Britain last year, has carried out a wave of demonstrations around the world since Monday, primarily attempting to blockade city center streets.
‘The police has for the moment carried out 130 arrests at the Blauwbrug bridge ‘in the heart of the Dutch capital, the police said on Twitter.
Dozens of activists gathered at the bridge at around 9: 00 am (0700 GMT), local media said.
The historic bridge connects several districts in central Amsterdam and dates back to the 17 th century.
Some of the protesters slumped on hammocks hung from pillars supporting the bridge to prevent boats from passing underneath.
Protesters have multiplied in the city since Monday, when some 80 people were arrested outside the celebrated Rijksmuseum, one of Amsterdam’s top tourist draws.
In France, a few hundred activists blocked a key route to the National Assembly for a few hours but were dispersed by police in the afternoon.
‘The police is not our enemy. it’s the big industrialists who exploit the living and the states who let them do it, ‘one demonstrator said.
Extinction Rebellion members occupied Paris’s central Chatelet area for five days until Friday evening.
Extinction Rebellion is demanding that governments drastically cut the carbon emissions that scientists say cause devastating climate change.
They are backed by Greta Thunberg, the Swedish teenager whose searing UN address in September made international headlines, and by academics studying rising temperatures and sea levels.
Their protests have irritated drivers and some officials but raised the hopes of those who see climate change as a threat to the planet.
The movement is partially credited with pushing the UK government in June to become the first in the Europe Union to commit itself to a net-zero target for planet warming emissions by 2050.
Extinction Rebellion is demanding governments reac h that target by 2025, as well as holding ‘citizens assemblies’ to decide policies to achieve that aim.
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