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LONDON, Oct 14 (Reuters) – Climate change protesters on Friday threw soup over Vincent van Gogh’s painting “Sunflowers” at London’s National Gallery, the Just Stop Oil campaign group said. A video posted by the group, which has been holding protests for the last two weeks in the British capital, showed two women throwing two tins of Heinz tomato soup over the painting, one of five versions on display in museums and galleries around the world. “Officers were rapidly on scene at the National Gallery this morning after two Just Stop Oil protesters threw a substance over a painting and then glued themselves to a wall,” police said on Twitter. Both have been arrested for criminal damage & aggravated trespass. Officers are now de-bonding them.” The gallery had no immediate comment. Just Stop Oil said the painting, which dates to 1888, has a value of $84.2 million. The group’s activists have been blocking roads around parliament in the last few days. Last Sunday, police said that more than 100 people had been arrested after a weekend of protest-related activity by environmental groups. NN: Fucking nut cases……This is the generation that does not even known what sex they are. And believes the end of the world is neigh because of oil…….
Blackout fears prompt Britons to buy generators and torches
LONDON, Oct 14 (Reuters) – Britons are preparing for possible power cuts by stocking-up on portable generators and torches, in addition to winter clothing, thermal underwear and candles. National Grid warned this month that Britain could face three-hour planned power cuts to homes and businesses this winter if it cannot import electricity from Europe and struggles to attract enough imports to fuel gas-fired power plants. Comparing data from the first 11 days of October 2021 to the same period this year showed a 203% increase in sales of generators and a 43% increase in sales of torches and head torches, Toolstation, part of Travis Perkins (TPK.L), Britain’s biggest building materials retailer, said on Friday. “Although it’s far from certain that the National Grid will have to resort to blackouts this winter, it’s clear customers are preparing for this worst case scenario,” a Toolstation spokesman said, noting the generators can be used to power electrical equipment such as lamps, fan heaters and TVs. The Toolstation data chimes with a report this week from market researcher Kantar which said Britons were stocking-up on candles and duvets.