Climate protesters have created traffic chaos near the start of the M4 motorway by stopping a fuel tanker.
Activists from the Just Stop Oil group climbed onto the tanker at the Chiswick roundabout in west London, as part of a campaign demanding the government stop issuing new licences for fossil fuels.
Police blocked off the road around the tanker and diverted traffic away from the roundabout, advising drivers to avoid the area.
At least one protester sat in the road in front of the tanker to stop it moving, and others clambered on top.
It’s thought police removed four activtists from the lorry.
A spokesman for the group said: “All of this could stop if the government just agreed to end new licences of fossil fuels. It’s not a ludicrous ask.
“People would not be having to do this if the government just woke up to the reality that our planet is in and the way that their fixation with oil is going to take us.”
On Wednesday, protesters in Purfleet, Essex, superglued themselves to the road calling for a halt to oil and gas licences. Police used a special solution to unstick the demonstrators before arresting them.
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