HS2 protester whose millionaire father is laird of Scottish island hands himself over to police after 11 days underground Protestor Lazer spent 11 days underground protesting £98billion HS2 project HS2 Rebellion group activist locked himself underground with a steel device Several more of the group remain in the tunnels, including veteran Swampy By Antony Thrower … Read more
The son of a island-owning millionaire Scottish laird turned anti-HS2 eco-warrior 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 … Read more
The son of a island-owning millionaire Scottish laird turned anti-HS2 eco-warrior 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 … Read more
The 16-year-old son of veteran eco activist Swampy, who is holed up with his father in tunnels under Euston, said his mother was ‘really proud’, but ‘worried’. Rory Hooper said being in the cramped burrows protesting against HS2 was ‘more fun than he thought’. And he revealed he was in daily contact with his mother … Read more
Swampy, the leader of Euston Five tunnellers holed up below London protesting HS2, has accused the company of letting water flood water into their burrow. The veteran activist, 48, is among the gang currently hiding in the ground campaigning against the £98billion high-speed railway. He has been underground with Dr Larch Maxey, 48, and Scott … Read more
Swampy, the leader of Euston Five tunnellers holed up below London protesting HS2, admitted today ‘I never thought I’d do this again’. The veteran activist, 48, is among the gang currently hiding in the ground campaigning against the £98billion high-speed railway. He has been underground with Dr Larch Maxey, 48, and Scott ‘Scotty’ Breen, 47, … Read more
The gang of at least five activists who have halted the £98billion HS2 project with a series of secret tunnels include a geography teacher and an ex-drug runner prison fugitive. Their efforts have so far infuriated bailiffs trying to remove them from underneath gardens near Euston Station. And coming from such a wide spectrum of … Read more
The gang of at least five activists who have halted the £98billion HS2 project with a series of secret tunnels include a geography teacher and an ex-drug runner prison fugitive. Their efforts have so far infuriated bailiffs trying to remove them from underneath gardens near Euston Station. And coming from such a wide spectrum of … Read more
A teenager holed-up in secret tunnels below Euston Station in protest at the HS2 high-speed railway is the daughter of an eccentric millionaire who owns a Scottish island. Blue Sandford, 18, proudly posted last night a picture of herself in the illegal underground burrow, declaring ‘I put the crime in criminal’. The environmental campaigner is … Read more
A teenager holed up in secret tunnels below Euston Station in protest of HS2 is a millionaire heiress. Blue Sandford, 18, proudly posted last night a picture of herself in the illegal underground burrow declaring ‘I put the crime in criminal’. The environmental campaigner is the one of the children of eccentric Roc Sandford, the … Read more