Stars including Thandiwe Newton, right, back Greenpeace efforts to drop boulders into the sea off Brighton - SUZANNE PLUNKETT/GREENPEACE; AXELLE/GETTY IMAGES
Among the many new categories of crime that the British government has introduced in recent years, dropping boulders without a licence must surely be one of the strangest.
Yet a case due to begin at Newcastle upon Tyne crown court on Tuesday (31/08/21) centres on a celebrity-packed group of environmental activists who staged an unusual protest in a protected marine zone off the Sussex coast near Brighton in February.
Actors, broadcasters and rock stars — among them Stephen Fry, Mark Rylance, Thandi Newton, Jarvis Cocker and the chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall — were among those who lent their names to an attempt by Greenpeace campaigners to block destructive trawling of the seabed by dumping large rocks to obstruct fishing nets - link - Greenpeace - link - more like this - link
Yet a case due to begin at Newcastle upon Tyne crown court on Tuesday (31/08/21) centres on a celebrity-packed group of environmental activists who staged an unusual protest in a protected marine zone off the Sussex coast near Brighton in February.
Actors, broadcasters and rock stars — among them Stephen Fry, Mark Rylance, Thandi Newton, Jarvis Cocker and the chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall — were among those who lent their names to an attempt by Greenpeace campaigners to block destructive trawling of the seabed by dumping large rocks to obstruct fishing nets - link - Greenpeace - link - more like this - link
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