Extinction Rebellion: more than 200 arrested in London protests

Westminster and Trafalgar Square among sites targeted as number of arrests rises to 217

Almost 220 people had been arrested by late afternoon on the first day of Extinction Rebellion's planned two-week shutdown of central London in protest against the lack of action to tackle the climate crisis.

Westminster Bridge, Lambeth Bridge, Trafalgar Square, Smithfield market as well as several roads in Westminster were blockaded by activists, with a focus on the areas around parliament in an attempt to force politicians to heed their warning.