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| Extinction Rebellion: Climate activists block London Stock Exchange | Extinction Rebellion: Climate activists block London Stock Exchange |
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| Climate activists have blockaded the London Stock Exchange by gluing themselves across the entrances. | Climate activists have blockaded the London Stock Exchange by gluing themselves across the entrances. |
| Protesters from Extinction Rebellion attached themselves to walls and to each other at the financial centre in the City of London. | Protesters from Extinction Rebellion attached themselves to walls and to each other at the financial centre in the City of London. |
| A group also climbed on to a Docklands Light Railway (DLR) train at Canary Wharf and held up banners. | A group also climbed on to a Docklands Light Railway (DLR) train at Canary Wharf and held up banners. |
| More than 1,000 people have been arrested since the protests began on 15 April. | More than 1,000 people have been arrested since the protests began on 15 April. |
| The group had previously said it would end its action later in the day, having previously blocked sites including Parliament Square and Waterloo Bridge. | The group had previously said it would end its action later in the day, having previously blocked sites including Parliament Square and Waterloo Bridge. |
| City of London Police has warned that it is "likely the whole of the City will experience disruption" during the day. | City of London Police has warned that it is "likely the whole of the City will experience disruption" during the day. |
| Extinction Rebellion said protesters would spend the day focusing on the financial industry "and the corrosive impacts of the financial sector on the world we live in". | Extinction Rebellion said protesters would spend the day focusing on the financial industry "and the corrosive impacts of the financial sector on the world we live in". |
| The 13 activists blockading the stock exchange wore LED signs reading "Climate emergency", "Tell the truth" and "You can't eat money". | The 13 activists blockading the stock exchange wore LED signs reading "Climate emergency", "Tell the truth" and "You can't eat money". |
| One protester, Adam Woodall, said they had targeted the building because "people are making millions, even billions of pounds out of trading ecological destruction". | |
| Four people were standing on top of the DLR train holding signs saying "Business as usual = death" and "Don't jail the canaries". Another activist glued herself to a carriage. | |
| Services are still running on the DLR, but Transport for London has warned there are minor delays between Bank and Stratford/Lewisham. | Services are still running on the DLR, but Transport for London has warned there are minor delays between Bank and Stratford/Lewisham. |
| British Transport Police said officers had been sent to Canary Wharf to remove the protesters. | |
| As of Wednesday evening, a total of 1,088 people had been arrested - with 69 of those charged in connection with the protest, the Met Police said. | |
| Extinction Rebellion protesters also remain at Marble Arch, although no roads have been blocked there. | |
| More than 10,000 officers have been deployed during the action. | |
| Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said the protests had been a "huge challenge for our over-stretched and under-resourced Metropolitan Police". | |
| The group has said it will hold a "closing ceremony" at Speakers' Corner in Hyde Park at 17:00 BST, but warned that the public should expect more action "very soon". |