Climate protesters have blocked a section of the M25 for the sixth time.

Police have detained protesters from Insulate Britain occupying a roundabout leading to Heathrow Airport in London.

Insulate Britain said in a statement: “This morning 52 people that have been involved in Insulate Britain’s two weeks of motorway protests blocked the M25 in breach of the injunction granted by the High Court last Tuesday.”

According to the injunction granted to National Highways Ltd, those involved “may be held to be in contempt of court and may be imprisoned, fined or have their assets seized”.

Campaigners said last week that they were “more scared of climate change than we are of breaking an injunction”, adding “there are times when we have to step up and do what is right”.

Liam Norton, a spokesperson for the group, said this morning: “You can throw as many injunctions at us as you like, but we are going nowhere. You can raid our savings and confiscate our property. You can deny us our liberty and put us behind bars. But that is only shooting the messenger. The truth is that this country is going to hell unless you take emergency action to stop putting carbon into the air.”

Insulate Britain, an offshoot of Extinction Rebellion, wants the government to insulate and retrofit homes across the UK to cut climate emissions.

Its members have brought chaos to the M25 five times in the past fortnight – and had been threatened with imprisonment if they returned to the motorway.

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