Dozens of Just Stop Oil activists arrested on suspicion of planning to disrupt airports

Several high-profile members' among 27 supporters of climate group arrested across England, say police

Twenty-seven Just Stop Oil supporters have been arrested across London, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Devon, Essex, Manchester, Surrey, Sussex, Norfolk and West Yorkshire on suspicion of planning to disrupt airports this summer, the Metropolitan police have said.

Scotland Yard said that on Tuesday four people were arrested after being identified at Gatwick airport and had been released on bail. It said that on Thursday a further six people were arrested at an east London community centre as part of a publicly advertised event promoting airport disruption".