Animal rights activists have been spotted clambering up the side of a government building this morning as part of a climate protest ahead of COP26.
Protesters from Animal Rebellion mounted the Westminster building for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), also shared by the Home Office, in the early hours calling for the country to adopt a plant-based lifestyle.
After scaling the building at around 6 am, the group then dropped a banner down from the roof that reads: “COP26: Invest in a plant-based future”.
The group intends to stay up there on the roof all day, suspended in hammocks until the Prime Minister agrees to cut taxpayer funding for animal agriculture, reports The Metro.
BREAKING: Animal Rebellion protestors have scaled DEFRA, demanding government support for a plant-based food system at COP26. The protestors have said that they will take action until the government defunds meat and subsidises a plant-based transition. pic.twitter.com/ycmDSLt12U
The protesters are calling on ministers to support a plant-based food system at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, claiming that “our food system is destroying our planet.”
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Connected to Extinction Rebellion, Animal Rebellion (AR) describes itself as “a mass volunteer movement using nonviolent civil disobedience to help the transition to a plant-based food system.”
The group says the government currently spends around £1.5billion per year subsidising livestock farming – ten times the country’s budget for planting trees and around half of the UK’s overall agricultural subsidies.
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This morning AR has tweeted that it will “take action until the government defunds meat and subsidises a plant-based transition”.
It added: “Meat and Dairy is one of the leading producers of greenhouse gases and causes 90% of Amazon deforestation.
Meat and Dairy is one of the leading producers of greenhouse gases and causes 90% of Amazon deforestation. World leaders at cannot talk about meeting the Paris Climate targets and securing global net zero without addressing that our food system is destroying our planet.
“World leaders at [COP26] cannot talk about meeting the Paris Climate targets and securing global net zero without addressing that our food system is destroying our planet.”
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The activist group also posted that it will continue to post updates throughout the day as its take-over of the building unfolds.
Animal Rebellion spokesman Nathan McGovern told The Metro: ‘Our protesters climbed the building in the early hours of this morning to send a clear message that we want an end to support for animal agriculture which is killing our planet.
‘The four, who are around 10 to 20 metres high, have unveiled a banner saying “Cop26: Invest in a plant-based future”.
‘We will see what the situation with the police is, but the plan is to stay in place indefinitely and this will remain a peaceful protest.’
Feature image – Animal Rebellion via Twitter
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Netflix drops the first trailer for upcoming Peaky Blinders film
Danny Jones
It looks like Christmas has come early for TV drama fans and cinephiles, because Netflix has officially dropped the first trailer for the upcoming Peaky Blinders movie.
Popcorn at the ready – even the teaser alone has got us fired up.
ln just 70 seconds, they’ve managed to pull us right back in, and we cannot wait to see Cillian Murphy back in full-on Tommy Shelby mode.
Not exaggerating when we say we have LITERAL chills.
As you can see, they certainly haven’t scrimped on the budget with the first-ever feature-length Peaky Blinders film, neither in terms of production value nor the cast.
Then again, having already hosted the likes of Sam Neill, Tom Hardy, Adrien Brody, Anya Taylor-Joy and others in the series itself, as well as going on to become one of the most successful BBC shows of all time, they were never going to.
We’re sure you spotted plenty of them for yourselves, but the debut trailer for The Immortal Man gives us not only our first glimpses of now Oscar-winning Murphy, 49, back in the saddle (both figuratively and literally) but also fellow blockbuster Irish actor, Barry Keoghan.
Other big names set to appear in the movie – set for a limited release in theatres before launching exclusively on Netflix – include Rebecca Ferguson and Tim Roth. It still remains unclear, however, as to how any of these characters will knit into the new season.
It’s also worth noting that the trailer shares a little snippet of the historical context, this continuation of the Shelby story is playing into, as we see what looks to be Nazi figures meeting on screen.
Creator Steven Knight has already confirmed that the plot will fast-forward some years to meet back up with Tommy at the outset of WWII and his ancestral home of Birmingham during the Blitz.
Having already confirmed 6 March as the theatrical release date ahead of it going live on Netflix a fortnight later, the anticipation was seriously starting to ramp; this latest look has only added to the tinderbox of excitement.
What do you make of the Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man trailer, and will you be watching it?
Appeal to find two individuals after man is left with ‘serious head and face injuries’ in Altrincham attack
Danny Jones
Trafford Police are trying to find two men following an attack outside a takeaway in Altrincham earlier this year.
The incident, which took place outside Canada Grill on Railway Street a couple of months ago, has left one individual with serious.
Reported to have occurred at around 2am on Sunday, 19 October, the identity of the pair who have since been revealed on CCTV footage is still unknown.
You can see both male suspects pictured below.
#APPEAL | Can you help us identify these men as we believe they can help with our investigation of an assault at Canada Grill, #Altrincham on 19/10/25 at 2am?
The victim has serious injuries to their head and face
Since shared by Greater Manchester Police (GMP) at large on social media, officers investigating the case are appealing for anyone who recognises them to come forward.
While the exact extent of the damage done and the condition of the other person involved in the altercation has not been fully disclosed, they are believed to have been left with significant “head and facial injuries”.
Georgina Pellant -
26th October 2021 
