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Parliament Square is a square at the northwest end of the Palace of Westminster in the City of Westminster in central London. It features a large open green area in the centre with trees to its west, and it contains twelve statues of statesmen and other notable individuals.

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A Paralympic medal winner climbed on a British Airways plane at London City airport as part of the ongoing protests by the extinction of the Rebellion.

James Brown , the visually impaired is filmed, even clinging to the hull, as he streamed a live message online.

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick described The Action as "reckless, stupid and dangerous". More Than 50 arrests at The Airport .

Another man refused to sit in his seat by a flight of nearly two hours.

the Two men had bought, plane tickets and went through airport security.

On the fourth day of Climate Change protests, disorder in the UK has focused on the London City Airport.

the Police arrested people blocked the entrance of The Airport as the other pressed down on the ground.

Airport chief executive Robert Sinclair said flights ran largely On Time or with slight delays, although two flights were cancelled.

against 19:00 clock BST, he said, the protesters were outside The Terminal , although he advises people to test fly on Thursday night or Friday, your flight details prior to arrival to The Airport .

Earlier in Westminster, tents and protesters has been acquitted, from the streets to Parliament Square .

the Police says to delete them worked in the camp in St James' Park, Trafalgar Square , the only other site occupied in the centre of London.

BBC Newsnight's Nicholas Watt was bound on a Dublin flight, when a "smartly dressed man" stood up and walked along the aisle, delivers a lecture on Climate Change .

Cabin Crew "quiet and polite", asked the protesters to retake his seat, and when he refused, She Said , alerted the pilots,

He, the plane then taxied back to the gate, where the Police escorted the protesters out of the plane.

Aer Lingus , said The Passenger was removed "was not completed due to disruptive behaviour on Board," and a comprehensive safety check of the aircraft before The Flight could be too late to get a divorce.

At noon, James Brown , Paralympic cyclist from Northern Ireland , filmed himself sitting on an Amsterdam-bound plane, which had been BST take-off shortly after 13:00. He was booked on The Flight .

In a live stream posted on Facebook, he said it was "scary" because he hated heights, felt cold and was hoping you would it down the same.

"Oh, man, I'm shaking," he continued. "This is all about the climate and the ecological crisis. We are against government inaction on climate and ecological collapse. They explain, climate, emergency, and do nothing about it. "

After More Than an hour on the roof, Mr Brown was brought down and taken away by the Police .

the Met Commissioner, lady Cressida said: "My early understanding is someone has been arrested, after they presumably bought a ticket, went through the security control completely, went up the stairs of a plane and threw himself on a plane.

"was, in fact, that a reckless, stupid and dangerous thing for all involved.

"But I think you can see that it is a hard thing to predict, or stop. "

you said, a full review of airport security are carried out.

Deputy Commissioner Laurence Taylor pointed Out There was no law, a protester buy a plane ticket and as soon as they did it, they were "a legitimate passenger".

"There is a difference between a threat to the security and the protest threat," he said. "Protest is not a crime. "

the Police said that More Than 1,000 people have been arrested since Monday, including about 50 at The Airport on Thursday.

Twenty-nine people were charged with various offenses, according to Police .

Some demonstrators were Carried Away by Police during the demonstrations

Speaking on Bbc One 's Question Time , Rupert Read , from the extinction of Rebellion, defended The Group 's methods and said that he had 20 years of campaigning and knocking on doors for the Green Party ", and none of it worked".

Before the April protests were "are we still on the same trajectory for a disaster in The Last 20 years - But then, we have managed to push the issue on The Agenda ," he said, adding that The Hundreds of people who had been arrested, "courageous souls".

Transport Secretary Schapps Grant said he could not understand why The Action was concentrated in the UK is the only G7 country to have committed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050.

"Rather than to stop people from the way to work, you go to a country that does all these things, and protest there," he said.

the activists had tried to mark a three-day "Hong Kong-style occupation" of the London City Airport terminal building, what they claim is the "incompatibility" of the East London airport is planned to go £2bn expansion, meeting the government's legally binding obligation, net climate neutral by 2050.

to disappear But , by Thursday afternoon The Number of protesters at The Airport had begun.

the Former Metropolitan Police detective John Curran was among those arrested, after he glued the patch in front of The Airport .

A 83-year-old man, Phil Kingston , was also arrested, as hundreds of people, the main passenger entrance is blocked.

It is the third time that he was arrested as part of the Extinction Rebellion -protests This Week .

protesters also caused a disturbance outside The Terminal , as a plurality of stripes sat on The Zebra , blocking traffic in and out of The Passenger drop-off zone.

cars and buses were backed up in both directions, before the protesters have been acquitted of the streets by the Police .

A protester stood on the roof of The Terminal building,

Taxi Driver Jason Lempiere said, the protests and his work in and around The City had been disturbed.

"It is worrying to everyone's daily life; work, travel in and out of The Airport ," he said.

"Yes, do not bother to have a voice, But [do] to the lives of people like this. "



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Source of news: bbc.com

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