Article 5QJFX Anti-HS2 protesters face eviction from Wendover camp

Anti-HS2 protesters face eviction from Wendover camp

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Diane Taylor
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Activists, including veteran Swampy, barricade themselves inside tunnel at site in Buckinghamshire

A group of environmental activists are facing eviction after barricading themselves inside a tunnel to protest against the HS2 rail project.

The protesters, who include Dan Hooper, the veteran activist also known as Swampy, are involved in a tunnel protest in Buckinghamshire.

Bailiffs began trying to remove the protesters early on Sunday morning but Hooper told the Guardian that the tunnel at the Wendover camp had been robustly constructed over a long period of time.

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