Climate protesters jailed for contempt

Two protestors have been jailed for contempt of court after they defied an order not to refer to climate change as their motivation for blocking traffic in the City of London. Dorset councillor Giovanna Lewis, 65 and horticultural worker Amy Pritchard, 37, along with screenwriter Paul Sheeky, 46, glued themselves to the road between Bishopsgate and Wormwood Street. Lewis and Pritchard were jailed for seven weeks after they ignored the order issued by Judge Silas Reid during their trial at…