Just Stop Oil protesters interrupt Proms at Royal Albert Hall and reside broadcast of TV comedy present

Just Stop Oil protesters have invaded the stage in the course of the first night time of the Proms – as different activists interrupted a reside broadcast of Channel 4’s The Last Leg comedy present.

In the Proms incident at London’s Royal Albert Hall, the environmental group tweeted that two demonstrators had set off confetti cannons and sounded air horns, and tried to handle the viewers earlier than being forcibly eliminated.

The pair had been booed by some folks within the viewers as they had been bundled off stage after unfurling banners.

The BBC, which airs the annual classical music occasion, mentioned “there was no disruption to the concert or the broadcast during the few seconds the protesters were on stage”. It additionally denied that air horns and confetti had been used.

During the airing of The Last Leg discuss present, three activists sporting Just Stop Oil t-shirts ran on to the set and handed hello vis orange vests to the programme’s stars.

One of the protesters even hugged host Adam Hills.

The trio had been then led off stage by workers.

Just Stop Oil mentioned the Royal Albert Hall demonstrators had been Kate Logan, a 38-year-old mom of two, and Pia Bastide, a 29-year-old group employee – each from London.

“I refuse to accept that my future is being sold away, one new oil licence at a time, and do nothing,” mentioned Ms Bastide in a press release.

The protest group needs the federal government to cease licensing all new oil, fuel and coal initiatives and has tried to disrupt quite a few high-profile occasions to spotlight its trigger.

In response to the Royal Albert Hall incident, Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer tweeted: “Eco zealots shouldn’t disrupt sports events, weddings or the Proms.

“My message is that this: Leave folks to benefit from the occasions they love, and cease damaging your personal trigger.”

Confetti and jigsaw pieces were thrown on a court at Wimbledon final week, whereas England cricketer Jonny Bairstow carried off a protester on the Ashes in June.

Orange powder was additionally thrown on a desk on the snooker world championship in April, whereas the Chelsea Flower Show was focused in May.

Two members of the group had been jailed for greater than two and a half years a couple of months in the past after climbing the bridge on the Dartford Crossing in October.

New powers to crack down on activists came into force this month.

They give police new rights to maneuver static protesters, corresponding to those that connect themselves to things or sit within the highway.