00:24.4  Hello.   

00:26.0  We are in Denham Country Park.             

00:28.1  We are going to give you an update on what's happened this morning    

00:31.0  and then go out to see the latest developments in the river.        

00:35.8  [cheering]          

00:37.0  - What's going on? - What's going on?    

00:40.3  Oh. Oh god.       

00:46.4  [commotion]    

01:07.3  Good morning   folks     just a short update.                      

01:09.9  We're at Denham Ford at Denham Country Park

01:13.1  at a Stop HS2 protest.   

01:16.3  This area is a rare wetland          

01:18.0  and there's lots of very old ancient trees              

01:21.0  and stuff like that they're just ploughing through.             

01:23.4  Currently they are trying to build a temporary bridge      

01:27.3  across this ford to make an access road to move a pylon 100 metres.      

01:32.6  This is causing absolute destruction        

01:36.0  just for a temporary road that probably will only ever be used once.        

01:40.6  You're doing great           sweetie!

01:42.4  They've come and moved the fences and that this morning          

01:44.4  to start work on the river.           

01:45.8  We have stopped them.

01:46.8  We have some up in the tree and people in the river.      

01:52.5  The National Eviction team are present 

01:55.0  HS2 security are present              

01:56.9  and a private security firm that roam these woods are also present.        

02:04.1  [singing: song about bailiffs]       

02:07.1  Get out the way!             

02:08.4  Get out the way!             

02:11.3  Get out the way!             

02:13.8  Get out the way                you are all breaching the injunction.

02:17.2  Get out the way!             

02:18.7  Look      the coppers are coming in ten minutes.

02:20.5  There's gonna be trouble.           

02:21.9  Just be careful   just be careful with her.

02:23.4  Just undo her hand lightly.          

02:25.3  You're all on camera. You're all on camera           

02:27.2  and this is going to the police.   

02:29.0  They're just getting more rope and supplies up. 

02:32.6  Go gentle            officer.

02:34.0  Go on    come on.

02:35.4  ...committing fucking ecocide!  

02:37.4  Ah!        

02:38.9  Fucking shove me!         

02:41.2  Come on.            

02:42.2  Keep moving.   

02:43.4  #NAME?              keep moving. - Don't!

02:45.2  Trying to steady this camera       

02:47.0  I've zoomed in a bit so sorry if it so shaky.            

02:49.4  I'm standing on a log in the middle of a tree.       

02:52.7  Seriously              why are making it so hard?

02:54.9  Yeah      go on. Get out. Fucking pricks.

02:58.1  This National Eviction Team scare me they're fucking animals.

03:03.6  [shouting]          

03:11.8  They're trying to hook her bag of rope and cut all her rope.          

03:16.5  I've got water in it!         

03:20.4  Ah he's stole her rope.

03:23.1  He's stole her rope.        

03:24.1  These girls are warriors mate.

03:25.8  More warriors than you lot ever was fighting your poxy fucking wars.

03:29.4  Down there you can see Steve   he's one of the worst.

03:30.8  He's the climber who's threatened us previously with a machete

03:35.5  he's choked people who are in trees until they're unconscious   

03:39.4  and now he's being sent up into a tree after a young woman.     

03:43.8  Steve!  

03:45.0  - shut up! - Steve!

03:46.9  Shut up!              

03:48.5  [music starts playing: Somewhere Over the Rainbow]     

03:50.9  You can see the intensity of this morning really.

03:56.2  Thanks Janet I will be as careful as I can be

03:59.1  but ultimately we do have to put ourselves

04:01.4  on the line for this sort of stuff.

04:03.4  It's much more important than personal safety really      

04:07.0  because this is about the safety of everyone      

04:08.9  like the futures of everyone.      

04:10.6  If we just allow this continued deforestation      

04:14.8  we won't have a future so it's really hard to like

04:18.5  prioritise protecting ourselves when we know that.         

04:27.2  Don't... That's bullshit!  

04:28.9  Don't listen to a word of it!         

04:32.9  Yeah bullshit. Don't listen to a word.

04:35.8  There used to be a beautiful tree there 

04:37.1  that they weren't supposed to cut down.             

04:40.2  You're my hero!               

04:44.6  "[""Somewhere Over the Rainbow"" plays]"       

05:30.4  Right we're going to tell you what we're going to do.

05:34.0  We explained to you that you're up an injuncted tree     

05:36.5  If you take the decision that you don't want to come down the tree         

05:40.7  then potentially you would be forcibly removed from the tree    

05:43.9  and when you came down          

05:45.5  then potentially you would be arrested for that.

05:48.3  So what would you like to do?

05:50.0  For them not to cut the tree down.         

05:52.8  We understand that but we don't have the power to stop that.  

05:56.8  If I get down this tree's going to go today              you do realise that?

06:00.4  They are going to cut it down today.       

06:02.0  They say they're not but they are.            

06:04.4  "[singing: ""The Old Man From Over the Sea""]"

06:22.1  Can I have some water?

06:23.8  We won't bring you water up there         No.

06:25.6  We don't want to give you water             

06:27.2  we want you to get down the tree.         

06:33.4  It's another good reason to come down isn't it?

06:35.7  For a fag not to get arrested        for comfort.                     

06:39.7  I didn't start smoking until I started this fucking shit.       

06:42.6  [laughs] It's really bad for me!   

06:44.4  You wanna get as old as us or me I'm much older than Caroline is.                             

06:47.6  Well you don't look a day past 35.            

06:49.3  Oh I like that!

06:50.4  that's going to do you good! - [they laugh]

06:55.0  Well stalemate at the moment.

06:59.8  No climbing team just two police officers at the moment.

07:03.6  It's all going to kick off this week that's guaranteed

07:06.5  so if people turn up        

07:09.0  that'd be excellent.        

07:12.3  [sound of walkie talkie]

07:15.3  So the time by my watch is just past 20 to 11.     

07:20.0  For me personally I think 11 is going to be my cutoff point.           

07:23.0  I'm basing that mostly on your safety.   

07:26.4  Fuck!    

07:27.3  We should have come up with our own language!            

07:30.6  If you want to come down it's fine.

07:32.8  We've got more stuff to do anyway.       

07:34.9  Yeah.    

07:36.4  Yeah.    

07:37.3  It's up to you. It's your call.          

07:43.7  If you had souls you would not be here doing this!

07:48.0  Especially not you sir.

07:49.3  I feel real bad because as a person of colour you are making me sad.       

07:53.3  You see these fuckers here you are their lacky.

07:55.8  They are using you         

07:57.3  and you can't see that but everybody else can see it.       

08:00.6  I want you.         

08:02.2  I want you!        

08:04.2  I want cuddles. 

08:06.1  She's coming!   

08:07.2  She's coming guys she's coming relax.

08:12.2  [violin music]    

08:29.5  Okay.   

08:30.5  HS2 have taken my rope.             

08:32.9  They won't get me down.            

08:35.3  HS2 won't get me down

08:37.3  because they don't like the way the police have dealt with it.      

08:39.8  They're all in a huff because I haven't got handcuffs on. 

08:43.7  - Okay. So... - Or even just give me my rope!       

08:47.3  HS2 aren't prepared to take her down   

08:49.2  because they believe it's gone past the time limit.             

08:52.1  I'll literally be out of your hair.   

08:53.6  But we've got Fire Brigade coming to get her down.        

08:56.5  Really uncomfortable now to be honest.

08:58.1  We could literally just pass this to her right now

09:01.0  - and she wouldn't be in so pain.              

09:03.3  Well the police are here but the ambulance isn't.              

09:05.2  What? What?   

09:06.6  Why are there police here?        

09:09.1  You need to go back down.         

09:11.2  You're not getting arrested. No  if you just stop guys.                   

09:14.4  You're not about to get arrested for this

09:16.3  my concern is getting you out of the tree safely right now.           

09:19.9  That's going to go down well isn't it?

09:21.7  - Sorry? - That's going to go down well.  

09:24.0  Well you just contain yourself all right?

09:27.2  You just concentrate on that all right?

09:28.8  - one thing only! - Yeah you just calm that.                           

09:31.7  Suppress it.        

09:36.0  Yeah.    

09:37.3  Well their insurance doesn't allow them...           

09:41.4  Okay. That's what they've said to me.    

09:43.2  Yeah     

09:45.2  All I need right   is that strap on one in there.                     

09:49.0  Yeah the issue is if she goes higher isn't it?                           

09:52.7  Well I'm not going to go fucking higher!

09:54.7  - Oh my god!                     

09:56.0  I can't be arsed mate!

09:58.0  [laughter]           

09:59.9  That would be the first option I think.    

10:01.4  Let's try that and if need be we'll get a ladder.   

10:03.1  You're going to get down the tree right?

10:05.2  Yeah! I told you that at 11.42!    

10:09.9  [Music: Shout]  

10:12.1  Right Red are you ready?                             

10:15.6  Yay!      

10:29.9  [clapping and cheering]

10:42.4  Just tie it onto...              

10:44.4  Wait is there a line down?

10:45.7  Tie it onto this. 

10:47.8  Oh gotcha.

10:54.7  Right guys          

10:56.8  how the fuck's do you turn this camera around?

10:59.3  There we go.     

11:01.1  Have some care there are people in the river!    

11:03.8  Have some care there are the people in the river!            

11:06.7  Hi guys just a little continuation.

11:09.2  What are you playing at?             

11:10.4  We've got a climber in the tree  a tree that they promised

11:12.7  they wouldn't cut down.              

11:14.6  [cheering and clapping   laughing]

11:29.5  Naked Bradley!

11:34.2  Yeah      we have a tree climber up the tree

11:36.0  trying to cut the tree but we have...       

11:39.5  naked Bradley in the river preventing them from doing so.           

11:45.4  A tree that we were assured wouldn't be cut down          

11:49.0  wouldn't come down.   

11:50.4  We knew that wasn't true but so far they've managed to get one branch.              

11:54.4  I wouldn't stand underneath the tree    

11:56.9  for your own health and safety all of you!            

11:58.6  - He doesn't know what he's doing. - Yeah that idiot's up there.

12:01.5  The police have gone now the police were a part of it

12:03.8  They've all gone but I'm sure they'll be on their way back again. 

12:09.2  [singing: Power to the People]  

12:28.3  I'm going to end this for now but any change in circumstances    

12:32.2  I will be right back on.   

12:33.9  Thank you for tuning it.

12:35.2  In a bit folks.

12:38.4  [music]

12:40.6  Hello.   

12:42.5  [cheering]          

12:44.4  - What's going on? - What's going on?    

12:47.2  Oh. Oh god.       

12:49.0  [sounds of a clash]          

12:51.4  What's going on?            

12:53.3  Don't fucking punch him!             

13:02.4  Trying to block my camera?        

13:04.3  [sounds of struggling]    

13:07.5  - I'm not violent! - He's not violent!         

13:09.6  He's not violent!              

13:11.9  Get off of him!  

13:13.5  Get off him!       

13:19.0  Fucking hell!      

13:28.0  [cheering]          

13:33.6  Get back!            

13:34.6  Get back off her now!   

13:35.8  Get back off these people now!

13:38.3  Get back!            

13:50.1  He's just been punched in the face by one of them lot.   

13:52.2  Twice. We all saw that. 

13:54.5  [chanting]          

14:02.0  [music: Bad Apples]       

14:13.4  [police siren]     

14:35.8  Extinction. Rebellion.    

14:37.0  We love the police!        

14:39.6  [laughing]           

14:42.4  Every time the police visit            

14:43.9  they'll arrest the person who's been assaulted. 

14:46.5  I assume you'll be arresting me.

14:49.4  [sound of a saw]              

14:57.8  They held me by the beard and kneed me in the face      

15:00.6  then strangled me under the water.       

15:02.3  I wonder if we went to the tree now they'd do the same?             

15:05.0  The job's to come for assaults and you didn't.     

15:08.0  If you report it we can investigate it.

15:11.3  Who do we send the video to?  

15:14.3  Don't you have a liaison officer that's involved?

15:20.4  I've only been here once so I'm not familiar...     

15:23.5  So the police have just arrived. 

15:30.8  The police have just arrived and now...  

15:36.7  [yelling]

15:38.4  You're literally standing there and letting them do this.  

15:40.9  What the fuck is wrong with you?            

15:44.9  They've now started shoving people in the river.

15:46.8  So the guy can cut the tree down.           

15:49.6  Could do with more people in the river.

15:51.6  Everybody in!   

15:53.0  Come on!           

15:57.7  All right push!

15:59.2  Just lean and push gently.           

16:00.9  Just keep them turning. It's a game of chess.      

16:03.2  Don't push hard just keep your legs straight.

16:05.8  Push down...     

16:08.8  You're a disgrace!           

16:12.1  What are you doing?     

16:13.5  Stop this!            

16:14.8  You're just standing there!          

16:18.4  Oi fucking do something!

16:27.2  What are you fucking doing!      

16:30.0  Sorry about that.             

16:31.4  Got in a bit of a scuffle there.    

16:34.3  Good job I've got a waterproof phone   

16:36.2  [chanting] We're not violent        how about you?

16:38.6  We're not violent how about you?

16:46.8  Just your leg?    

16:48.4  Yeah.    

16:54.8  - Can you just hold that there? - I think I'm okay.

17:03.6  That's the public man this is a company.

17:06.4  She's under the water! Get her fucking head up!

17:10.5  Fucking do something! 

17:12.2  Uphold the fucking law you fucking useless bunch of cunts!

17:17.7  All this for a tree they said they weren't going to chop down.      

17:22.0  It's going to take them months if not years.         

17:24.2  Police are in the river!   

17:29.2  Yeah about time!

17:30.4  Do your job!      

17:32.0  Uphold the law!               

17:38.1  [music: Antifacista]        

18:09.2  Don't fucking laugh at her!          

18:11.6  All fucking laugh at her!

18:15.8  Lads don't move forwards stand in a straight line!                            

18:21.4  Get out the fucking river get out the fucking river man

18:24.0  they're corrupt! They're corrupt!              

18:25.6  They're going to fuck you! Fuck it! Save yourselves!        

18:29.8  [chanting] We're not violent how about you?

18:33.6  Get off him!       

18:38.4  ...yet they are bullying children.

18:42.6  Mate the world's gonna get/Nfucked up.

18:45.9  These lot are just trying to save the planet.

18:47.7  They were right and you're gonna to see that mate if not in your lifetime

18:50.6  if not in your lifetime in your children's lifetime.

18:52.8  They're going to see it.  

18:53.8  They're going to say Daddy why did you go                          

18:55.9  and beat up teenage girls so that they could cut down the trees

18:59.3  When you get up there and try to get in the compound 

19:02.2  it looks like you're trying to get in the compound              

19:03.7  and that's why they're felling it.

19:05.1  That sounds like an excuse though.         

19:06.8  It's not mine to reason why.       

19:09.8  The last thing you want is drama and you've got this!      

19:15.0  If you just let him out of the tree              

19:17.8  you won't get any more drama over that tree.   

19:19.9  We have passed him up the line.              

19:21.3  Yeah but mate   you're the NET

19:23.8  You're the National Eviction Team. You don't give a fuck!              

19:26.5  I'm not National Eviction Team.

19:28.0  Why are you wearing all black? 

19:29.4  Because I can't be arsed to wear orange.              

19:30.6  It's not my orange day today. She's goading me!

19:32.8  You wear exactly the same jumpers it's really hard...

19:35.4  It is so hard to tell you apart.      

19:37.9  Look I'm just hot so I took my orange shirt off right?                        

19:40.8  You're not hot don't worry!        

19:42.9  [laughs]

19:44.5  Wey!    

19:46.8  Oh that one hurt.

19:48.4  Got me there [laughter]

19:51.8  There's more things to protest than a railway line.            

19:55.4  It's not your fault at all. 

19:57.6  They made the choice to go up there and cut that tree down.     

20:00.0  Yeah? And we came to stop it from happening  

20:03.8  Do you want to get in there?     

20:05.6  Mate! We ain't got nothing our generation!

20:08.2  It's going to get worse for us pal.

20:10.3  You were given the opportunity this morning to come down.      

20:13.2  This wouldn't be here now if it wasn't for you.   

20:16.5  I'm telling you. I'm telling you.   

20:18.4  - Right yeah. - I'm telling you.     

20:20.0  That tree would have stayed. No.            

20:22.5  You've put the blame on the people       

20:24.1  you've got blood on your fucking hands.

20:25.6  Fine.     

20:34.3  Hey. Hi guys.     

20:36.3  As we can see we've got people in the river peacefully singing    

20:42.3  trying to protect this beautiful tree         

20:45.5  that that man is up in now          

20:47.7  and as you can see the police     

20:49.9  are really just standing protecting the fence       

20:52.4  ensuring that we don't come up any closer          

20:55.2  when in fact they're supposed to be protecting our lives

20:57.3  because we are the ones in danger.        

20:59.5  Come down livestreamers!

21:00.9  Come down support.

21:03.2  We need bodies.             

21:04.4  As you can see we are becoming outnumbered.

21:11.5  Incoming!           

21:14.2  I don't know if she can see this but this is riot police in here now.              

21:17.3  #NAME?              here we go.

21:18.8  So this is the riot police marching in now              

21:20.7  they're going to try and push them through.       

21:22.2  Proud of your guys just stand fast.           

21:24.0  Yeah      riot police for a tree       absolutely absolutely absolutely.

21:28.0  Just watch this happening.          

21:33.5  Go over that side.           

21:36.3  There's still people there.            

21:37.5  I don't know if you can see them but sitting         

21:39.1  just sitting calmly in front of the riot police.         

21:41.4  - Get off of her! - Leave her alone!           

21:43.4  And it feels kind of gutting that we can't put up more resistance.              

21:50.0  Thank you so much guys for all the support.                        

21:55.1  [cheering and clapping]

21:57.3  Yeah      well done!

21:58.9  One arrest. Two arrests.

22:02.1  I don't know if you can see what's happening here           

22:04.0  but she's being led away now.   

22:05.4  It looks like we might lose this tree tonight          

22:07.4  but it's made it really      really difficult for them.

22:11.5  It's cost them lots and lots of money.     

22:13.7  She's being dragged.     

22:16.0  Every day counts. Every day matters.     

22:17.8  Whoah!               

22:19.0  Just cause at some point they're going to have to cancel this.      

22:21.7  But it's just really hard work to keep going keep going     keep going.

22:26.0  We're not to give way to despair.             

22:27.6  The reality is that the more work we can...           

22:31.2  Ok mr tree chopper.      

22:33.6  [sound of the saw]          

22:35.1  [sobbing]            

22:38.4  Fucking devastating man.            

22:41.0  Another hour and it'd be too dark to do this.       

22:44.3  That tree would have lived to fight another day.

22:47.1  This is sickening man I'm signing off.                       

22:51.3  Ain't watching a tree being cut down.    

22:52.8  Back in a bit.      

22:54.5  [chanting] Who do you serve who do you protect?

22:59.5  Who do you serve who do you protect?

23:11.6  Fuck you!           

23:15.2  This is your friend's wet clothes.

23:17.0  Am I able to give these to you to hang out to dry?            

23:19.2  Throw them over.           

23:21.9  Do you think you're upholding the law then?      

23:23.9  I don't know       I wasn't here     I didn't see it I don't know.        

23:26.6  You're complicit though.              

23:29.1  Sorry! They're soaking wet.        

23:32.0  [sound of the saw]          

23:51.5  The person who climbed the tree earlier is now being arrested. 

23:59.2  It's not really clear why.

24:09.2  Are you kidding? No! No! No!    

24:12.3  Who can I talk to?           

24:13.8  I need to speak with someone in here please who's in charge?

24:17.3  It's for earlier?  

24:18.4  Please can I speak with someone in charge.         

24:20.4  They said if she got down they wouldn't arrest her.         

24:23.0  We have the police officers' numbers!   

24:25.9  This has already been arranged.

24:27.6  This is not fair! 

24:29.7  [sound of the saw]          

25:29.1  I think we should give a round of applause           

25:31.8  [clapping and cheering]

25:33.4  to the Metropolitan police for being so impartial               

26:01.0  Well done guys!

26:06.8  You can go home with your heads held high!      

26:09.8  Back to your family and tell them what you achieved      

26:13.3  you chopped down a tree!          

26:16.9  Well done!        

26:28.2  [music: Roots Down]