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UK police charge two after Darwin's grave targeted

Terra Daily Wednesday, 15 January 2025 ()
UK police charge two after Darwin's grave targetedLondon (AFP) Jan 14, 2025

Two woman were charged with criminal damage by UK police on Tuesday after Charles Darwin's grave was defaced with orange powder during a Just Stop Oil climate protest. Alyson Lee, 66 and Diane Bligh, were bailed to appear at Westminster magistrates' court on February 11 and 12. "The women were arrested after a substance, believed to be a powdered paint, was sprayed on an area inside West
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News video: UK climate activists target Darwin's grave with chalk

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Climate activists target Charles Darwin's grave with chalk paint, in the latest controversial disruptive action by protesters over the UK government's environmental policies. Two Just Stop Oil (JSO) supporters are seen spray-painting with chalk "1.5 is dead" on the 19th-century biologist's grave in...

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