Final protestor is removed from anti-HS2 protest tunnels in Euston after 31 days underground 

The final anti-HS2 activist in a network of tunnels in London‘s Euston Square Gardens has been removed after 31 days underground. A lone protestor, known only at this stage as Bradley, was the last man remaining underground trying to stop the high-speed rail line going ahead, after high-profile campaigner Swampy finally left the site yesterday … Read more

Swampy’s son, 16, is carried out of anti-HS2 protest tunnels on a stretcher

Swampy’s 16-year-old son Rory Hooper has left him in tunnels below Euston where they were protesting against the HS2 project, declaring ‘I am looking forward to seeing mum’.  Rory had spent 22 days living underground in a move that had been criticised as bad parenting by some quarters. When he came out of the tunnel … Read more

Anti-HS2 activists smear bright pink paint over Department for Transport headquarters in London

Anti-HS2 protesters camped out in tunnels dug near Euston station have lost a High Court bid to block an operation to remove them as their colleagues targeted the Department for Transport by smearing its headquarters with pink paint today. The tunnels, which were dug in secret by protesters who object to the redevelopment of Euston … Read more

Anti-HS2 protester locks himself inside tunnel below Euston Square Gardens

An anti-HS2 protester has locked himself inside a tunnel below Euston Square Gardens as bailiffs dig their own shaft as part of efforts to remove at least six activists who have spent eight days underground.  The demonstrator, known as ‘Lazer’, attached himself to the bottom of a tunnel using a device made of steel and … Read more