Campaigners climbed on the roof of Parliament yesterday and unfurled banners protesting about the proposed expansion of Heathrow. It is thought the group gained access using visitors' passes, and made their way to the roof via a fire escape. Mr Brown told MPs decisions had to be made "in the chamber of this House and not on the roof of this House".Protesters from the Plane Stupid group climbed onto the roof at about 9.30am, unfurled banners and threw down paper planes, which they said were made from documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act. The five protesters were led off peacefully and then searched by officers at about 12.20pm. They were arrested for trespass and questioned by police.
One of them, Richard George, said: "We decided to let Gordon Brown get on with prime minister's questions, but we just wanted him to know what it is like to have an inconvenience above your head that you did not ask for."
Cocaine galore! £7m of Colombia’s finest washes up on Cornish beaches.
A Cornish beach-comber discovered slightly more than weather-beaten wood and pieces of broken lobster-pot when he was walking on Pentreath Beach on the Lizard Pennisula – a package of cocaine with a street value of £1million.Such events have become almost routine in Cornwall. Within the last three weeks five similar hauls – more than £6m worth – have been discovered on the county’s beaches. The origin does not take much detective work; some of the packages are marked “Columbia” in faded writing.
In other news…
* The Spice Girls have finally said Goodbye to touring with their final show of their 47-show world tour. The girls have had such a good response to their reunion that they are looking forward to putting together one-off shows in the future – starting with Wembley Stadium in the summer.
* M&S will be the first grocery store in the UK to charge customers for plastic bags. Some 13bn bags are given free to UK shoppers every year, and they take an estimated 1,000 years to decay. All food customers at Marks and Spencer will get free long-lasting bags from early April for one month. The 5p charge will then begin on 6 May.
* Amy Winehouse was snapped yesterday moving possession out of her Camden haunt – specifically some x-rated pictures of her and Blake frolicking in a photo booth. She moved out of her Bow residence last month, after a drug-fuelled party hit the headlines. She is thought to be moving in with Kelly Osbourne until she finds herself a new house. Reports also rumour that she’s back on drugs after her short stint in rehab.
* The earthquake in the early hours of Wednesday morning has been recorded as the biggest tremor for 24 years reaching 5.2 on the Richter scale, and causing a reported £30 million worth of damage.
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