Heathrow protesters scale Houses of Parliament
Protesters against the proposed third runway at London Heathrow climbed on to the roof of the Houses of Parliament yesterday.
The small group of around five people, who reportedly used visitor passes to get into the building and then climbed a fire escape, waved banners and threw paper planes.
The protesters said they would stay on the roof until at least midday.
At 12.20, three hours after their protest began, they were led away by police.
A similar protest was staged at Heathrow earlier this week.
By Bev Fearis
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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