Seven Just Stop Oil (JSO) campaigners were arrested at Gatwick after using suitcases with lock-on devices to block the departure gates at Gatwick’s south terminal. Airport authorities said Gatwick was “open and operating normally".
"There are a small number of protestors at the airport who have now been arrested and are being removed from the airport,” said a Gatwick spokesperson.
The action comes after the record for the highest global average surface air temperature was broken twice in successive days last week, reaching 17.09C on Sunday (21 July) and 17.5 C on Monday (22 July).
