Students bring fresh wave of climate strikes to UK streets

Young people demand action from politicians at synchronised rallies across Britain

Thousands of students and activists have taken to the streets of more than 50 British towns and cities demanding urgent action on climate change for the third time in as many months.

The organisers of the Youth Strike 4 Climate movement said "sizeable events" took place in London, Sheffield, Manchester and Brighton, among other towns and cities. They mirrored events around the world, as protesters from cities as far apart as Helsinki and Delhi took to the streets.