A Day Of Protest

1) Thousands of protesters, marshalled by the Stop The War Coalition, are to march on Parliament Square today. Three meetings with police over the march went well, then last week, organisers were told that the protest would not be allowed into Parliament Square under 19th century sessional orders passed to protect the passage of MPs and peers against radical mobs.

2) From 730am this morning, twelve protesters from Plane Stupid have been preventing passengers getting into the departure lounge at Terminal 3 of Manchester Airport.

3) Sixty protesters from Greenpeace are trying to shut down E.ON's Kingsnorth plant, which could be the site of Britain's first new coal-fired station for 20 years. More than 13,000 objections have been sent to Medway Council. Protesters "climbed up coal conveyors, pressed the emergency stop buttons and chained themselves to the belts."