Friday, April 19, 2019
Thousands of holidaymakers may face travel disruption when attempting to make their Easter getaway. Since Monday, Extinction Rebellion, the activists have already caused chaos by blocking the roads and bridges.
The protestors were urged by the police to not target the police and stated that they had strong plans in place.
To tackle the climate change the Extinction rebellion were demanding the government to take more stringent action.
The group said last night the they will shut sown Heathrow and for the Bank Holiday, they were halting swarming disruption and wanted to turn their focus to the aviation industry.
Over 80 million passengers passed through Heathrow in 2018.After starting the of campaign on Monday more than 400 people have been arrested.
Several sites in London, including Waterloo Bridge and Parliament Square is being occupied by the group.
A spokesman for Heathrow commented that they were working with the authorities to address any threat of protests which could disrupt the airport.
For updated information on the journeys the passengers should contact their airlines.
A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police commented said that they were aware of information that suggests the protesters will carry out a demonstration on Friday, 19 April in the vicinity of Heathrow Airport.
They had strong plans and will try to deploy a significant number of officers to Heathrow and take action against any protestor trying to cause disruption at the location or committing criminal offenses.
Any illegal activities of protestors and disruption will not be allowed over Easter the airport is a part of the national infrastructure .
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