A woman doused the police headquarters' famous revolving sign in orange paint while others blocked the road outside.
A Just Stop Oil activist has been arrested after spray painting the sign outside New Scotland Yard.
Protestors descended on the Metropolitan Police's HQ after two members of the group were earlier arrested at the National Gallery for flinging tomato soup overPictures show an activist holding what appears to be a fire extinguisher and coating the famous revolving sign outside in orange paint.
One of the protestors, Gabby Ditton, 28, from Norwich, told PA:"We did try petitions and marches and strongly worded emails before this, but that didn't work. And now we're in a situation where all of life on earth could be destroyed forever in the name of short-term profit. So yeah, I absolutely support this.More on Metropolitan Police
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