
A climate change protester glued her breasts to the road outside the Goldman Sachs offices today as activists targeted London's financial districts on the tenth and final day of protests that have brought chaos to the capital.

Extinction Rebellion demonstrators temporarily blockaded the London Stock Exchange by gluing themselves across entrances to the trading hub, while an 83-year-old man clambered on top of a train at Canary Wharf.

Phil Kingston held a prayer vigil on top of the Docklands Light Railway train this morning along with Ruth Jarman, 55, Ian Bray, 51, Richard Barnard, 45, and Nick Cooper, 36, who teaches shoemaking at Northampton University.

British Transport Police said five of the environmental activists, who are members of a group called Christian Climate Action, were arrested at the station in East London on suspicion of obstructing the railway.

A sixth woman, Diana Warner, a recently retired GP aged 60, also glued herself to a train window. The protest comes a week after three other eco-warriors glued themselves to a train at the same station last Wednesday.

Dozens of members demonstrated outside the offices of Goldman Sachs on Fleet Street. They moved down the road and blockaded it at short intervals, with the group carrying banners and including around a dozen drummers.

Some of the protesters were arrested this morning, with the road closed as other demonstrators remained on the floor with around a dozen buses backed up on either side of the blockade.

Meanwhile, ten men and three women glued themselves to each other and both entrances to the London Stock Exchange in the City today, but police said 26 people were arrested on suspicion of aggravated trespassing.

Protesters from Extinction Rebellion also glued themselves to the front of the Treasury. The nine protesters, two men and seven women, formed a chain of people preventing people from entering One Horse Guards Road.

Police remove a woman who glued her breasts to the road on Fleet Street outside the offices of Goldman Sachs today

Phil Kingston, 83, gives a thumbs up after a prayer vigil on top of a Docklands Light Railway train in Canary Wharf today

British Transport Police said five of the environmental activists, who are members of Christian Climate Action, were arrested

Mr Kingston sits alongside a fellow protesters on top of a Docklands Light Railway train at Canary Wharf this morning

A police officer watches Mr Kingston as he sits on top of a DLR train as demonstrators block trains at Canary Wharf today

Police prepare to remove the climate change activist from the roof of the DLR train at Canary Wharf station this morning

Police help to remove Mr Kingston, a veteran climate change activist from Christian Climate Action, this morning

Police take away elderly protester Mr Kingston, who said he has been in London for two weeks and arrested three times

Mr Kingston is helped into a police van after his demonstration on the Docklands Light Railway train at Canary Wharf today

Mr Kingston sits in a police van as officers remove the demonstrators stopping trains from moving at Canary Wharf today

The total number of arrests made in connection with climate protests stands at 1,130, with the current number of people charged remaining at 69, the Metropolitan Police said.

Yesterday the activists voluntarily offered to end their 11-day campaign and dismantle blockades at Marble Arch and Parliament Square, following travel chaos, financial losses for businessess and more than 1,000 arrests.

But they said they still planned a full day of final demonstrations today, including further protests at Deutsche Bank, Royal Bank of Canada and Rabobank, warning Londoners and politicians to 'expect more action very soon'.

Two women and five men were seen glued to the doors of the Stock Exchange and to each other in central London this morning. Another five men and a woman were spotted glued to a second entrance.

They wore LED signs reading: 'Climate emergency', 'Tell the truth' and 'You can't eat money'. Meanwhile in Canary Wharf, the group held signs saying: 'Business as usual = death' and 'Don't jail the canaries'.

One female 'rebel' glued her hand to a DLR train with a sign around her neck saying 'we act in peace' alongside the group's logo. As Mr Kingston sat on top of the train, he ate a sandwich and drank from a bottle of water.

Mr Kingston, whose birthday is believed to be today, is a veteran climate change activist from a linked group - Christian Climate Action - and said he has been in London for two weeks and been arrested three times.

Jim Green, 62, from Norwich, was not part of the train stunt but watched from the sides in support. He said: 'There hasn't been a response from the Government and we said there would be an escalation.

Campaigners from the Extinction Rebellion group glue themselves together outside the Treasury in Westminster today

An employee leaves the Treasury as activists, with their hands glued together, stage a protest at the building this afternoon

Protesters stand outside the Treasury today, as organisers said demonstrators will target the financial industry

(From left) Extinction Rebellion's Alan Heath, 55, a research scientist, Jen Witts, 38, a support worker for vulnerable people, and Sian Vaughan 53, a retired headteacher, who glued themselves to the entrances of the London Stock Exchange today

Environmental campaigners from the Extinction Rebellion group are removed after blocking Fleet Street in London today

Police remove environmental campaigners from the Extinction Rebellion group as they block Fleet Street today

Police officers stand in front of a group of Extinction Rebellion protesters who glued themselves to the Stock Exchange today

Police begin to remove Extinction Rebellion protesters who glued themselves to the entrances of the Stock Exchange today

Police officers remove climate change activists from the road around the Bank of England in the City of London today

A climate change protester is removed by police after refusing to stop blocking a road near the Bank of England today

(From left) Alan Heath, 55, Jen Witts, 38, Sian Vaughan 53, Debbie Rees, 57, Kef Shimidzu, 55, Lucy Galvin, 53, and Johnny Woon, 60, take part in a protest by glueing themselves to the entrances of the London Stock Exchange this morning

Police talks to demonstrators as they block traffic at Fleet Street during the Extinction Rebellion protest in London today

Police remove a protester who tried to glue her hand to the pavement outside the Goldman Sachs office in London today

Protesters from Extinction Rebellion demonstrate outside the Goldman Sachs offices on Fleet Street in London today

Extinction Rebellion climate change protesters block the road in the City of London during their demonstration today

Protesters block traffic at Bank Junction during the Extinction Rebellion protest in London this moring

'I am a law-abiding, positive member of my community, I wouldn't like this, but what can you do? In the short term it's a disruption, but in the long term we will achieve a real change.'

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Transport for London reported delays on DLR lines between Stratford and Lewisham and Bank and Lewisham due to a 'customer incident'.

Furious commuters took to social media to complain they were going to be late for work, with many pointing out that public transport reduces our carbon footprint.

Two men and a woman were arrested for mounting the roof of a DLR train at the same station last Wednesday.

Cathy Eastburn, 51, Mark Ovland, 35, and Luke Watson, 29, were charged and are due to appear at Blackfriars Crown Court on May 16.

Extinction Rebellion had said its action in the City of London was likely to last a few hours, on the day the group was due to end blockades at Parliament Square and Marble Arch.

A spokesman said the area was being targeted because 'the financial industry is responsible for funding climate and ecological destruction and we are calling on them, the companies and the institutions that allow this to happen, to tell the truth'.

She added: 'And we're asking the Government to take action to address the climate emergency.'

The eco-protesters have been urging ministers to declare a climate emergency to avoid what it calls a 'sixth mass extinction' of species on Earth.

The group have named the seven people involved in the Stock Exchange protests.

A statement this morning read: 'Currently there are at least 7 people glued on at the front entrance to the London Stock Exchange.

'Their names are Alan Heath, 55, research scientist, Jen Witts, 38, support worker for vulnerable people, Sian Vaughan 53, retired head teacher, Debbie Rees, 57, Gardener and artist, Kef Shimidzu, 55, tutor and learning support worker, Lucy Galvin, 53, civil servant and Johnny Woon, 60, retired.

'At further six people are glued on at the back including Ben Barrage, 42, tree surgeon and Dr Sandy Biden-Hoskins, 64, doctor of archeology.'

At 5pm today protestors will hold a 'closing ceremony' at Speaker's Corner in Hyde Park to mark the end of their demonstrations.

In a statement on the London campaign coming to a close, the group said: 'It is now time to go back into our communities, whether in London, around the UK or internationally.

Police officers remove climate change activists from the road around the Bank of England in the City of London today

A man stands in front of police at the London Stock Exchange in the City of London during the Extinction Rebellion protest

Police talk to demonstrators as they block traffic at Fleet Street during the Extinction Rebellion protest in London today

Extinction Rebellion climate change protesters block the street outside the Goldman Sachs office in London today

Extinction Rebellion climate change protesters briefly block the road in the City of London during their demonstration today

Demonstrators block traffic at Fleet Street during the Extinction Rebellion protest in London this morning

Extinction Rebellion 'rebels' have also returned to London's financial district in Canary Wharf this morning where they climbed on top of a DLR train with signs saying 'Don't jail the canaries' and 'Business as usual = death'

One female 'rebel' glued her hand to a DLR train with a sign around her neck saying 'we act in peace' alongside the group's logo

Commuters trying to get to work in Canary Wharf, east London this morning are being disrupted by Extinction Rebellion activists climbing on top of a train

A ladder is seen being placed on top of a DLR train at Canary Wharf as protestors scramble onto the roof this morning

Sit in: One man is pictured blocking people from entering a DLR train in Canary Wharf as part of Extinction Rebellion's action on financial institutions this morning

'This movement is not just about symbolic actions, but about building the necessary resilient and regenerative culture that the world needs now.

Who are Extinction Rebellion and how are they funded? Extinction Rebellion grew out of the activist group 'Rising Up!' which unsuccessfully tried to stop the expansion of Heathrow Airport. Established in Britain in May 2018, the group has been organised and partly financed by a private limited company called Compassionate Revolution. Its financial support comes from philanthropic foundations and crowdfunding - with an online campaign having raised £166,000 since launching in October. XR now has more than 100 groups across Britain alone, with up to 10,000 supporters drawn to the protests in London this week. It has groups in dozens of countries including South Africa, India and even the Solomon Islands - with the latest campaign involving people in at least 80 cities in more than 33 countries. Last November, the group held a protest which blocked bridges across London to bring chaos to the capital. In February, they took part in a UK-wide school strike and on April 1, during one of the Brexit debates, a group of their protesters stripped off in the House of Commons. Advertisement

'The truth is out, the real work is about to begin. The International Rebellion continues. Expect more actions very soon.'

Yesterday Labour's Diane Abbott spoke to Extinction Rebellion members in Parliament Square.

The Shadow Foreign Secretary received 'jazz hands' instead of a round of applause following her speech, because activists were concerned loud clapping could cause anxiety.

She said: 'I think you've done an amazing job drawing people's attention to the climate emergency.

'I also want to say this - in all the noise and kerfuffle of Brexit, the climate emergency is the most important issue facing us.

'I was very pleased to be in the room listening to our comrade Greta Thunberg yesterday with other MPs and she was amazing. And I think I give her a lot of credit as a 16-year-old to go around the world and speak the truth to people twice and three times her age.'

On Monday, protesters staged a 'die in' at London's iconic Natural History Museum in Kensington.

More than 100 activists lay on the floor of the museum on a day that was supposed to be a 'pause' from their occupation of bridges and important locations in the capital.

It was busy with families enjoying the final day of most schools' Easter holidays when the group moved in. Bodies scattered the floor of the main hall where a skeleton of a dinosaur hangs overhead.

Diane Abbott speaks to a group of Extinction Rebellion protesters at Parliament Square yesterday

Extinction Rebellion protesters lying down inside the main hall of Natural History Museum in Kensington, London on Monday

The museum was busy with families enjoying the last day of the Easter holidays on a day Extinction Rebellion promised to pause their bridge protests in central London

Some of the group dressed in red rags for the so-called 'die in' event at the Natural History Museum in London on Monday