Extinction Rebellion activists have suspended themselves from Tower Bridge.
The climate protesters took their latest action on the eve of what it calls the "April Rebellion"
The pair used suspension cords to hang from the landmark and unfurl a banner reading "end fossil fuels now". Police have closed the bridge to traffic.It comes after eight days of disruption at oil facilities caused by XR and the Just Stop Oil coalition. They added: "For this Rebellion in London, there will be a decisive shift in tactics from nonviolent civil disobedience to nonviolent civil resistance tactics, where we will take action together, and be adaptable and agile to the response."
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