Monday 10th May, at 5pm, Dr Larch Maxey was refused bail and remanded to HM Prison Pentonville, after pleading not guilty to the charge of criminal damage, totalling £30,000 during a protest at the High Speed 2, London head office.
In a shocking U turn of events, High Court Judge, Mr Justice Holgate refused permission for Mark Keir (representing the Jones Hill Wood Earth protectors) to apply for judicial review and lifted the injunction which had been placed to suspend the felling of Jones Hill Wood until a full legal case was heard.
Jones Hill Wood, known affectionately as Roald Dahl woods, is destined to be destroyed by HS2 as a Licence to fell is issued.
At 4.30am Monday morning, fifty ‘storm troopers’ (NET) stormed Denham Ford Protection Camp, anti-HS2 activists at the camp eviction say “we will continue to resist”.
Press release by independent ecologists The chainsaws are out on Leather Lane, Buckinghamshire, as HS2 have begun felling 50 large oak trees where a professional ecology report has confirmed it…
• On 9th March, six activists from Palestine Action were arrested for “possession of articles to cause criminal damage”. • Two of the six activists were, shockingly, refused bail and…
For the first time, HS2 Ltd and the Secretary of State used a civil process against “persons unknown” to seek the imprisonment of a peaceful protester, Elliott Cuciurean, for contempt…
Eviction of 'Roald Dahl' Wood by HS2 is imminent. Tree protectors have been told on good authority that Jones Hill Wood, the inspiration for Roald Dahl's Fantastic Mr Fox, will…
Teenager, Rollie, 17 from Hartlepool speaks out on their 10 day occupation of the Euston tunnel network to protest HS2
The eviction of Poor’s Piece Wood on the edge of Steeple Claydon in Buckinghamshire MK18 2HH has begun today. Members of the National Eviction Team (NET) employed by HS2 to forcefully remove tree protectors arrived on site early this morning. Tree protectors are locked-on in treehouses and towers in the three acre ancient woodland in an act of non-violent direct action, and are determined to protect the wood for future generations.