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Activists staging an underground protest in central London are in a very dangerous situation and must stop tunnelling, a judge has said.
Members of HS2 Rebellion have spent six nights beneath Euston Square Gardens.
On Monday, the activists applied for an injunction requiring eviction teams to stop trying to remove them but this was refused by a High Court judge.
The court also said protesters should tell authorities the layout, size and engineering of the tunnels.
The activists dug the tunnels to thwart their eviction from a camp, which was set up in September in a protest against the £106bn HS2 scheme.
Extinction Rebellion join Euston tunnellers in show of solidarity by climbing HS2 office
Four scaled the HS2 Ltd offices in Eversholt Street near Euston station and unfurled banner which read Essential work should heal not harm
By
Gareth Davies,
Member of Parliament for Grantham and Stamford
2 February 2021 • 11:16am
Extinction Rebellion protesters on the HS2 office canopy
Credit: LNP/Marcin Nowak
Extinction Rebellion demonstrators have joined the Euston Square Gardens activists in a show of solidarity by climbing the HS2 headquarters in London.
Four people from the protest group climbed the HS2 Ltd offices in Eversholt Street near Euston station and unfurled a banner which read Essential work should heal not harm .
Anti-HS2 campaigners are in “good” spirits after spending their fifth night holed up in tunnels under a central London park.
Protesters have dug a network of tunnels beneath Euston Square Gardens, next to Euston station, in a bid to protect the green space which they claim will be built over with a temporary taxi rank before being sold to developers as part of plans for the high-speed railway.
One activist, Larch Maxey, speaking to the PA news agency by phone on Monday, said conditions underground were “not too bad”.
He said: “Conditions are good. They are warm. They are a bit moist, there’s a little bit of water coming in, but it’s not too bad.”
Anti-HS2 campaigners are in “good” spirits after spending their fifth night holed up in tunnels under a central London park.
Protesters have dug a network of tunnels beneath Euston Square Gardens, next to Euston station, in a bid to protect the green space which they claim will be built over with a temporary taxi rank before being sold to developers as part of plans for the high-speed railway.
One activist, Larch Maxey, speaking to the PA news agency by phone on Monday, said conditions underground were “not too bad”.
He said: “Conditions are good. They are warm. They are a bit moist, there’s a little bit of water coming in, but it’s not too bad.”
His father is being reckless and irresponsible.
A rescue expert had warned that heavy rain and sleet could cause tunnels beneath Euston in London to collapse and endanger HS2 activists living in the underground passages.
Swampy has spoken about his son joining the protest, adding: To begin with, I didn t want Rory to be in the tunnel for the eviction, but he was absolutely adamant that he would stay down there with me for it.
The protesters are campaigning against the £98billion HS2 railway line and its huge cost
Piles of rubbish were left after the destruction of the HS2-protesting camp continued