Good morning from Glasgow, this is @bencsmoke here for a final(!) day of reporting on actions talking place around the COP26 summit. here activists from fridays for future have gathered outside the gates to the summit for a last day of action as negotiations are set to end. it’s cold and wet here today but i’ve been told to expect a full day of action from inside and outside the summit and i’ll be bringing you updates of it all! as i said negotiations are due to end today but many on the inside believe they may roll over till tomorrow or even sunday

Good morning from Glasgow. This is @bencsmoke, Huck’s politics editor here reporting on day 11 of action and negotiation around the COP26 summit. I’m here in Pollokshields where the migrant justice is climate justice march is assembling Pollokshields is an area with a high migrant population and you may remember this as the area where hundreds came out to prevent the detention of two local residents by immigration officials.

Hello good morning from Glasgow. This is @bencsmoke, Huck's politics editor here reporting on another day of action and announcements around the COP26 summit which is happening in the city over the next few weeks. Today in the summit, talk turns to climate finance. There's a big day of actions planned but I'm just going to quickly take you through some of the big announcements coming up today as I get ready!

Good afternoon from sunny (!) glasgow. This is @bencsmoke, Huck’s politics editor, here to kick off our second day of coverage of protests around the COP26 climate summit happening in the city. I’m here outside JP Morgan with XR scotland protesting financing of fossil fuels. around 100 activists are currently outside JP morgan in central Glasgow with speakers talking about decolonisation and the need for banks and corporations to stop funding fossil fuel projects. Heavy police presence here with a chopper hovering in the sky above.

Good afternoon from Glasgow. This is @bencsmoke, Hucks politics editor here to kick off our coverage of the COP26 summit which started today. As Boris Johnson addressed world leaders, activists from Fridays for future, including Greta Thunberg gathered in the city’s festival park I’ll bring you more highlights from the rally shortly, which included activists from across the world demanding action from leaders. Right now the activists are moving towards the river just across from where leaders are currently meeting.

good afternoon, this is @bencsmoke, Huck’s politics editor, here in parliament square where around 200 people have gathered for the @Drive2Survive3 demonstration against the policing bill which passed its 3rd reading in the commons on monday night. the demonstration has been called by gypsy, roma and traveller people. the policing bill includes provisions that will criminalise trespass which campaigners say will effectively criminalise GRT people living traditional and historic nomadic lives.

good afternoon, this is @bencsmoke, Huck’s politics editor, here in Parliament Square where activists have gathered for an emergency protest against the policing bill which returns to the commons for its remaining stages today. today’s protest comes after hundreds took to the streets in Bristol and Brighton to demonstrate the bill which will vastly increase police powers and includes provisions that target GRT communities. full coverage of the weekends events can be found here:

https://twitter.com/HUCKmagazine/status/1411320032815104003

BREAKING: an occupation of @sciencemuseum by teenage activists from @ukscn_london in protest of the sponsorship of a new exhibition by oil company shell has been broken by metropolitan police officers. @sciencemuseum @ukscn_london The occupation, made up of 12 youth strikers, the youngest of whom was 15, and 8 activists from XR scientists and BP or not BP began at 1pm today outside the science museum's "our future planet" exhibit on fighting climate change which is being sponsored by oil company, Shell.

good afternoon, this is @bencsmoke, huck’s politics editor, here in London’s Hyde Park, reporting from today’s free palestine demo where thousands of people are marching on the Israeli embassy to protest attacks on gaza and palestinian people and homes in jerusalem. today’s demo comes as aerial bombardment of gaza continues with 139 palestinians reported to have been killed there so far. a further 13 palestinians are reported to have been killed by israeli forces in the occupied west bank.

good afternoon, this is @bencsmoke reporting from trafalgar square for #killthebill third national day of action! a frantic and confusing start here as police swamp the front of the bus which turned up blaring out skepta. crowd tried to follow and then told to get back into the square by stewards.

good afternoon, this is @bencsmoke, Huck’s politics editor, reporting from central london where today’s #killthebill demonstration is underway. there’s a carnival atmosphere here as a crowd of thousands slowly make their way down Park Lane today there are demonstrations due to take place in over 30 towns and cities across the country. they have come together under the #killthebill banner to demonstrate against the policing bill, which is making its way through parliament.

Good afternoon, this is @bencsmoke, Hucks politics editor. I’m here on college green in Bristol, reporting on this evenings #killthebill protest. it comes at the end of a hectic and fraught week which have seen outbreaks of violence and multiple arrests in the city. you can find full coverage of what’s been happening in the city here: huckmag.com/perspectives/r…

Good evening, this is @bencsmoke, Huck’s politics editor. i’m here on clapham common for tonight’s #ReclaimTheseStreets vigil to remember Sarah Everard, who’s body was this week identified in woodland in kent following a weeks long search. Everard had been walking home in this area when she was abducted and later murdered. a serving metropolitan police officer, Wayne Couzens, has been charged with her murder.

this is @bencsmoke, Huck’s contributing editor, here in parliament square where students are gathering to demonstrate against the controversial a level results that many received last thursday which saw 40% of students marked down from their predicted grades. students and families are angry that the algorithm used to assign grades (in lieu of exams which were cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic) has disproportionately affected students from working class and disadvantaged backgrounds.

hello! this is @bencsmoke, Huck’s contributing editor here once again in london where thousands of people have turned out for the third #BlackLivesMatter protest to be held in the city since the killing of george floyd by minneapolis police on may 25th the protest comes days after tens of thousands gathered in London’s hyde park before marching through the city on weds. that demo ended in violent clashes, arrests+ a kettle which went on to the early hours. you can see our full 13 hrs of coverage here:

https://twitter.com/huckmagazine/status/1268150388852772865?s=21

https://twitter.com/huckmagazine/status/1268150388852772865

this is @bencsmoke, huck’s contributing editor and i’m here in london’s hyde park at the second #BlackLivesMattter protest against the killing of george flloyd by minneapolis police just over a week ago. It’s hard to get the true scale of the demo but there are perhaps thousands here in the park, socially distanced and chanting “george flloyd, say his name” and “black lives matter”