She said: I do this in fierce love of the 108 ancient woodlands threatened by HS2, this climate crime of a project.

Imagine the good we could do with HS2's anticipated cost to rapidly accelerate towards our demands to halt biodiversity loss and reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2025.

If the Government is serious about plans to meet the net zero target they need to stop funding destructive projects such as HS2 and airport expansions."