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It is believed this was part of a national protest on climate change. Dorset Police said: “Officers attended and attempted to engage with the individuals involved and encourage them to move out of the public highway. “Officers arrested three people – at the locations in Dorchester, Weymouth and Sherborne – on suspicion of wilful obstruction of the highway after they reportedly refused to comply with officers’ requests to move.” A 35-year-old man from Cheddar in Somerset, who was arrested in connection with the Dorchester incident, and a 43-year-old Weymouth woman, who was arrested in connection with the incident in Weymouth, have both been charged with wilful obstruction of a public highway and resisting or obstructing a police constable in the execution of their duty. ....
Extinction Rebellion protester Emma Smart is arrested in Weymouth for blocking King Street to protest over the climate emergency PROTESTERS were arrested for stopping traffic on main roads in Weymouth and Dorchester today to raise awareness of the climate crisis. Two people took to King Street, Weymouth and Trinity Street, Dorchester at 11am today, sitting in the road to hold up traffic as part of a national Extinction Rebellion protest. One of the protestors, scientist Emma Smart, from Weymouth, said she was particularly keen to draw awareness to the issue of sea level rise - and how this will affect the local community. ....