Chained airport protesters arrested

Climate change protesters who caused disruption at Biggin Hill airport in Kent this morning have been arrested.

Three protesters chained themselves to the entrance gate at Biggin Hill, while others lay across the airport's only entrance road with their arms chained together inside fluorescent yellow tubes.

The protesters claimed to have prevented some passengers and staff from entering the airport. But a spokesman for Biggin Hill said the airport remained open and services were operating as normal.

Chief Inspector Mick Dod from the Metropolitan Police's territorial support group said 11 protesters had been arrested.

"We asked them to go and they have declined. They have been arrested under the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act," he said.