More than 100 people arrested in London climate change protests

Police have arrested more than 100 environmental protesters as the Extinction Rebellion demonstrations that brought chaos to central London enters their second day.

Police begin to arrest protesters on Waterloo Bridge.

Thousands of people blocked four well-known landmarks on Monday – Waterloo Bridge, Marble Arch, Parliament Square and Oxford Circus – to demand urgent action over the escalating climate crisis.

The blockades continued throughout the day but as night fell officers began to arrest people on Waterloo Bridge in an effort to clear it.

Read the story from The Guardian by Matthew Taylor and Damien Gayle - “More than 100 people arrested in London climate change protests.”