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Rishi Sunak told Conservative party members on Wednesday: "The environment is important to all of us. But policy should be decided by your elected MPs and councillors, not by a paint-wielding or road-blocking, noisy minority?' The prime minister went on to state: "While Labour rely on the finances of eco- fanatics like Dale Vince, we rely on the support of ordinary people like yourself:`We are taking tough action against Just Stop Oil's campaign to block roads, glue themselves to petrol stations, disrupt sporting events and destroy priceless works of art." On Thursday the policing minister, Chris Philp, told Times Radio: "We'd like to see those sporting organisations like Wimbledon increase the number of marshals and stewards. They have to be more careful about checking people coming into sporting events and react really quickly when something happens?' He added that ministers "strongly encourage" the use of the courts to seek orders banning particular actions during sporting events. "At the meeting yesterday we had with sporting leaders, we encouraged the use of injunctions;' he said. "Because that allows for a much more severe criminal penalty if the injunction gets breached." An Animal Rising activist who ran on to the track at the Derby, "endangering" police who dragged him away just before the horses galloped past, was spared jail after pleading guilty at Guildford Crown Court on Thursday to causing public nuisance. Ben Newman, 32, was criticised by the judge for risking the safety of police and security guards who dragged him to one side with a minute to spare. Judge Mark Ockelton sentenced him to an 18-week prison sentence suspended for two years and fined him a total of £1,356. Judge Ockelton said: "Despite your claim [of being well-intentioned], there was a clear danger to the police and security staff. There you were on the track, the horses were coming, and they had to get rid of you. You couldn't predict how 11,5 would take. 476 1015
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