XR protestors face trial for digging up lawn

A Labour Party worker and fellow Extinction Rebellion comrades are facing trial for digging up a landscaped lawn outside the Home Office. The group of seven eco-warriors were protesting against the expansion of Bradley Opencast Coal Mine in County Durham. Gregory Frey, 23, Clarice Holt, 32, James Moulding, 27, Roman Paluch-Machnik, 26, Janai Postelnik, 55 Indigo Rumbelow, 25 and Max Trevitt, 31, all deny causing more than £5,000 worth of criminal damage to property and will face trial at Southwark…