High court overturns acquittal of six activists who were charged with aggravated trespass at London site

Six environmental activists who occupied a tunnel close to Euston station in protest against the HS2 rail project last year face a retrial after their acquittal was overturned in the high court.

Charges against the protesters in connection with the occupation in London were dismissed by a judge in October last year.

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