Bridges blocked by climate protesters
Climate change protesters have blocked four of London's busiest bridges on the first day of the Easter bank holiday.
Hundreds of Extinction Rebellion activists were on Waterloo, Blackfriars, Lambeth and Westminster bridges,callingforanendto new fossil fuel investments.
Activistssaidtheywillcontinue protesting until their demands "are met".
Demonstrators playing bongos and waving bannersreading"endfossilfuels now" and "love in action" have been pictured facing queues of traffic headed by double-decker buses.
The Metropolitan Police said they were attempting to control the disruption, with officers seen trying to engage with those involved.
The force said: "We are aware of a number of demonstrations today.
"We are seeing pockets of protest which are causing delays and disruption across central London.
"A policing operation is in place and officers are on scene and working to manage the impact."
Meanwhile, several oil firms have secured civil injunctions aimed at stoppingenvironmentalprotesters from targeting their fuel processing sites.
A number of key operators including Navigator Thames, Exxonmobil and Valero gained their injunctions in the last few days, the Department for Business, Energyandindustrialstrategy (BEIS) said yesterda.
It came as dozens of climate activists were charged after arrests were made at protests at oil depots.
The Just Stop Oil activists arrived in the early hours yesterday at the Kingsbury terminal in Staffordshire, as well as the Navigator Oil terminal in Thurrock and Grays oil terminal, both in Essex.