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Activist delayed 4,000 Heathrow passengers in protest against 40C heat, court heard

Source: PA Wire

A Just Stop Oil protester delayed 4,000 plane passengers in a protest against the UK reaching the hottest temperature on record, a court heard.

Cambridge University music student Cressida Gethin, 22, scaled a gantry above the M25 near Heathrow on July 20 2022, the day after the UK recorded a temperature of over 40C for the first time.

As a result of customers were affected by cancellations and delays, said senior manager at British Airways, Edwin Hall, in a statement read to on Thursday.

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