Tag: motorway

Insulate Britain M25 Protesters Cleared by Judge Who Says Charges Would Not Be Proportionate

A judge has cleared four climate change protesters who blocked access to Britain’s busiest motorway during a protest in 2021 after ruling that a conviction on a charge of wilful obstruction of the highway would not be “proportionate.” Police arrested 38 activists from the campaign group Insulate Britain after junctions 9 and 10 of the…


Police Arrest Environmentalists Who Blocked UK Motorway Over Home Insulation

Police have arrested dozens of environmental protesters who blocked several junctions on the UK’s busiest motorway. The protests—aimed at forcing the government to improve home insulation—at various chokepoints on the M25 caused long delays for tens of thousands of motorist. Some motorists on the scene reacted angrily, with social media footage showing one attempting to…


Drunk E-scooter Rider Stopped by Police While Using Motorway to Get Home

A drunken e-scooter rider was stopped by police while using the motorway to get home after a night out in Birmingham. Officers were alerted after the male was spotted on the busy Aston Expressway A38M heading northbound, away from the city centre, with police releasing footage of the incident as a warning to others. At…


Police Escort Fly-Tippers 5 Miles Back to Piles of Rubbish, Make Them Pick It Up

A group of fly-tippers who were caught on camera dumping rubbish on a motorway in Staffordshire, England, were escorted by police five miles back to their mess and forced to pick it all up. Highways Agency CCTV operators spotted three men dumping the bags of trash on a grass verge between junctions 12 and 13,…