A total of 58 people have been charged after the four-day Just Stop Oil protests which shut down parts of the M25 this week.

Five of those were charged by Hertfordshire Constabulary in connection with protest activity in Hertfordshire.

Over the last four days, activists have climbed gantries above the motorway, forcing it to close in several places.

Those charged in connection with protest activity in Hertfordshire are George Simonson, 22, of Stanmore Road, Leeds, Amy Friel O’Donnell, 20, of Baring Road, London, Aaron Gunning, 23 and of Ebony Crescent, Barnet, Edward Laney, 26, of Theresa Avenue, Bristol, and Alfred Beswick, 26, of Mildmay Grove South, London.

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It comes as Just Stop Oil announced this morning (Friday) it was halting what it called its campaign of civil resistance on the motorway.

In a statement, the group said it was halting its M25 campaign to give the Government time to consider their responsibilities, adding: “We ask that the Prime Minister consider his statement at Cop27, where he spoke of the catastrophic threat posed by the ravages of global heating, the 33 million people displaced by floods in Pakistan, and the moral and economic imperative to honour our pledges.”

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