Just Stop Oil activists blocking Dartford Crossing agree to end protest

The two Just Stop Oil activists who have blocked the Dartford Crossing for the past two days have agreed to end their protest, the group said.

Just Stop Oil tweeted: ‘Morgan and Marcus have agreed to cooperate with police and leave the bridge. #JustStopOil will continue in #CivilResistance to harmful politics and our criminal government. To protect our rights, freedoms and the rule of law’.

Witnesses at the scene saw the raised platform brought in by Essex Police being elevated down.                                                               

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