Shop
Your Account Sign In
Support Us
Subscribe
Britain World Editorial Features Culture Sport
Britain World Editorial Features Culture Sport
Climate Crisis Workers' Rights Middle East Labour Party Red Star Talks Scotland Iran Latin America
Latest editorial
Israel will keep this war going unless it is stopped
Advertise Contact us Shop Subscribe Support us Daily Alert
Climate Crisis Workers' Rights Middle East Labour Party Red Star Talks Scotland Iran Latin America
Work with the NEU
Britain / 8 January 2025
GP imprisoned for one year after taking part in climate protest
Elizabeth Short
Recent
French emergency services at Plage Sud d'Equihen in France, after two men and two women died trying to cross the English Channel by small boat, April 9, 2026
Britain / 9 April 2026
Migration policies will cause more deaths amid hate and cruelty, campaigners warn
9 April 2026
Britain / 9 April 2026
NHS data chief pushes for deeper rollout of Palantir technology despite outcry
9 April 2026
Wales / 9 April 2026
Plaid Cymru launches manifesto in bid to win power in Wales
9 April 2026
Britain / 9 April 2026
Ministers urged to end fracking ‘loophole’ ahead of Yorkshire planning decision
9 April 2026
Britain / 9 April 2026
Consumers urged to ‘completely avoid’ British-caught cod as population plunges
9 April 2026
Wales / 9 April 2026
Senedd candidate nominations close
9 April 2026
Morning Star job listings
Donate to the 95th anniversary appeal

A WORKING GP has been imprisoned for a year after taking part in a Just Stop Oil protest on the M25.

Dr Patrick Hart disabled Esso petrol pumps at Thurrock services on the motorway in August 2022.

The action demanded an end to new oil and gas licences, a policy that has since been adopted by the government.

The 95th Anniversary Appeal
Support the Morning Star
You have reached the free limit.
Subscribe to continue reading.
Become a subscriber
Similar stories
Photo: Make Them Pay
Climate / 20 August 2025
'Make Polluters Pay' projected onto Parliament
20 August 2025
JSO supporters outside the Court of Appeal, January 30, 2025 [Pic: Jamie Lowe]
Climate Crisis / 27 May 2025
Just Stop Oil activists jailed for 7.5 years over protest that never happened
27 May 2025
Protesters from Just Stop Oil take part in what it claims will be their last direct action protest outside the Royal Courts Of Justice in central London, April 26, 2025
Climate Emergency / 9 May 2025
19 Just Stop Oil supporters could face prison this month
9 May 2025
Britain / 17 April 2025
Protesters call on BP to ‘stop fuelling genocide and climate breakdown’
17 April 2025