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| Activists end protest at airport | Activists end protest at airport |
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| A group of environmental activists who blocked an entrance to a departure lounge at Manchester International Airport have ended their protest. | A group of environmental activists who blocked an entrance to a departure lounge at Manchester International Airport have ended their protest. |
| The group took action inside a public area in Terminal Three and a screen was later set up in front of them. | |
| An emergency exit next to the campaigners was used to transfer passengers into the departure lounge. | |
| No queues were created by the incident. The protesters walked out of the airport at 1000 BST. | |
| Greater Manchester Police took no action against the group, thought to number about seven. | Greater Manchester Police took no action against the group, thought to number about seven. |
| One of them, Vanessa Hall, is a Green Party member of Manchester City Council and said she was "disgusted" with the authority's actions in relation to the airport. | |
| 'End flights' | 'End flights' |
| "Manchester City Council, that owns this airport along with the other local councils, should be ashamed," she said. | "Manchester City Council, that owns this airport along with the other local councils, should be ashamed," she said. |
| "We have this whole Manchester Green City, aspiring to be a green city, but it is nonsense when you're expanding an airport." | "We have this whole Manchester Green City, aspiring to be a green city, but it is nonsense when you're expanding an airport." |
| Ms Hall called for an end to internal flights within the UK. | Ms Hall called for an end to internal flights within the UK. |
| "Climate change already kills 160,000 people every year. That is only going to get worse unless we do something about it." | "Climate change already kills 160,000 people every year. That is only going to get worse unless we do something about it." |
| Ms Hall apologised for the disruption caused but claimed they had no choice but to act. | Ms Hall apologised for the disruption caused but claimed they had no choice but to act. |
| "It is really, really important that we take action on climate change. We cannot leave it up to the Government." | "It is really, really important that we take action on climate change. We cannot leave it up to the Government." |