Oil protest group failed to clear plastic rubbish

The campaign group Just Stop Oil has apologised for leaving plastic rubbish near a protest site on a farm.

Farmer Charles Goadby said he had found a pile of bottles, chairs and other rubbish close to where a group of activists had demonstrated at Kingsbury oil terminal in Warwickshire. He accused the group of being hypocritical and of “destroying the countryside and putting our wildlife at risk with rubbish” in a video on Twitter.

In a statement in response, Just Stop Oil said Mr Goadby was “right to be angry” and that “the area should have been cleaned, so that the land, people and wildlife are protected”.