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Activists during the blockade in Birmingham. PA
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Extinction Rebellion activists on a storage tank at Esso West London Terminal, in Staines. Reuters
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Police officers guard the entrance at Esso West London Terminal during the Extinction Rebellion demonstration. Reuters
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Activists block the entrance to Esso West London Terminal. Reuters
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A Just Stop Oil blockade at Kingsbury, in north-west London. PA
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Just Stop Oil activists prevent a lorry from leaving Buncefield oil depot in Hemel Hempstead. PA
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Just Stop Oil activists stage a sit-in at the Esso depot in Wood Lane, Birmingham. PA
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Activists during the blockade in Birmingham. PA
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Extinction Rebellion activists on a storage tank at Esso West London Terminal, in Staines. Reuters
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Police officers guard the entrance at Esso West London Terminal during the Extinction Rebellion demonstration. Reuters
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Activists block the entrance to Esso West London Terminal. Reuters
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A Just Stop Oil blockade at Kingsbury, in north-west London. PA
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Just Stop Oil activists prevent a lorry from leaving Buncefield oil depot in Hemel Hempstead. PA
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Just Stop Oil activists stage a sit-in at the Esso depot in Wood Lane, Birmingham. PA
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Activists during the blockade in Birmingham. PA
Protesters blockade oil depot near Heathrow as part of UK-wide action
Demonstrators sat in front of fuel tankers preventing them from making deliveries
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Laura O'Callaghan
01 April, 2022
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