Extinction Rebellion arrests pass 1,000 on eighth day of protests
by Frances Perraudin from on (#4DN1A)
'Die-in' staged at Natural History Museum as protesters gather at legal site in Marble Arch
More than 1,000 people have been arrested at Extinction Rebellion climate protests in London, police have said, in what organisers described as the biggest civil disobedience event in recent British history.
The Metropolitan police said that as of 10am on Monday, 1,065 arrests had been made and 53 people charged in relation to the protests.
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