Article 5RW77 HS2 protesters Swampy and Satchel leave Wendover tunnel after 35 days

HS2 protesters Swampy and Satchel leave Wendover tunnel after 35 days

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Diane Taylor
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Pair were last of five protesters who built and occupied tunnel on site of Hs2 work in Buckinghamshire

Dan Hooper, the environmental activist known as Swampy, and his fellow tunneller Satchel, emerged from an underground protest against the controversial HS2 project on Saturday morning after resisting eviction for 35 days.

Hooper, 48, and Satchel were the last two of five environmental protesters who built and occupied a tunnel on the site of HS2 work in Wendover, Buckinghamshire.

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