LONDON : Environmental activist group Extinction Rebellion have agreed to help guard the London Marathon from disruption by protesters, event director Hugh Brasher said on Wednesday.Organisers of Sunday's race are stepping up security to avoid protests after recent disruptions at the Grand National horse
LONDON : Environmental activist group Extinction Rebellion have agreed to help guard the London Marathon from disruption by protesters, event director Hugh Brasher said on Wednesday.
Organisers of Sunday's race are stepping up security to avoid protests after recent disruptions at the Grand National horse race and World Snooker Championship. A Just Stop Oil protestor halted the World Snooker Championship on Monday after he climbed on to a table and scattered a bag of orange powder paint over the green cloth playing surface." will be uniquely asking all their participants to help guard the London Marathon. To do something that is quite unique in their history – to protect what is one of the crown jewels of British sport," Brasher told British media.
"We run for clean air. That is so important in what we do. The environment is part of our DNA. And Extinction Rebellion has been very, very clear that they are in a new phase of wanting to engage the general public in a different way."Brasher said he was hoping to meet Just Stop Oil representatives in the next 24 hours.
"In an emergency, as we are, we must find a way to share the London streets as we all want to support charity, but we also need to hold government to account."
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