Izzy Rowley

From left: Roger Hallam, Anna Holland, Tom Wainwright, and Sarah Noles [Alice Horsley] DIRECT action against climate change is an “act of war,” a London COP panel heard on Saturday. Roger Hallam, the co-founder of Extinction Rebellion and Just Stop Oil, told the room that the debate over the right to protest is being framed incorrectly. “I don’t think it’s anything to do with the right to protest,” he said. “It’s a rebellion against the most f*cking outrageous act in the history of humanity.

Lord’s [Yorkspotter] TEST match cricket was interrupted by Just Stop Oil as Lord’s became the latest scene of the group’s debate-starting tactics. Protesters said the sport would face much worse disruption by climate change as they explained why they raced onto the pitch on Wednesday spraying their trademark orange powder paint. England and Australia were meeting for their second match in the Ashes series at the cricket ground in St John’s Wood when three demonstrators entered the field of play.