AT LEAST one Just Stop Oil supporter from West Yorkshire was among those arrested on Monday for climbing onto a gantry on the M25, it has been reported.

Anthony Whitehouse, 71, a grandfather and gardener from Dewsbury, was arrested on Monday and remanded in custody to appear before Westminster Magistrates Court, where he was granted bail and ordered to return to Southwark Crown Court on December 6.

Mr Whitehouse, who has already been jailed this year for his actions with Just Stop Oil, accused the Government of being "criminally negligent".

He added: “To understand the consequences of climate collapse and not to act is to be complicit in the death of millions and the displacement of hundreds of millions of people from their homes.

“Ordinary hard-working people deserve to know what is coming if we don’t halt new oil and gas.”

Throughout Monday and Tuesday, 30 Just Stop Oil supporters climbed onto the overhead gantries of the M25 in at least 12 locations, causing police to close large sections of the motorway.

Just Stop Oil contacted police and National Highways the night before to advise them, and also asked them to implement a 30mph speed limit.