Activists from climate change group Just Stop Oil have vowed to remain on top of the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge until they are ‘brought down’.
Highways England confirmed the bridge at the Dartford Crossing remains closed this morning.
There is already six miles of slow moving traffic formed in both directions of the major road linking Essex and Kent. Essex Police said it is working to ‘safely resolve’ the situation as the campaigners were still ‘at height’. A statement said: ‘We expect the bridge to remain closed this evening and into tomorrow morning’s rush hour.The protestersTo view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser thatThe two men identified online as Morgan Trowland and ‘Marcus’ spent the cold night atop the bridge.
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