‘We’ve tried everything else’ says climate protest priest

A priest who caused massive disruption on the DLR line by climbing on top of a train to highlight climate change told a court: ‘We’ve tried everything else.’ Father Martin Newell, 54, along with reverend Sue Parfitt, 79, and Phil Kingston, 85, blocked a DLR train at Shadwell station at around 7am on the morning of 17 October 2019. Newell and Parfitt, climbed a retractable ladder and sat on top of the carriage while Kingston, Bristol, superglued his hand to…