Climate Activists Arrested After Scaling Roof of Prime Minister’s Country Home

North Yorkshire Police confirmed two men and two women have been detained on suspicion of causing criminal damage and public nuisance

Greenpeace activists on the roof of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's house in Richmond, North Yorkshire after covering it in black fabric in protest at his backing for expansion of North Sea oil and gas drilling on Aug. 3, 2023. PA Media

Four Greenpeace activists have been arrested after ending their hours-long protest on the roof of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Yorkshire home.

The campaigners were detained by North Yorkshire Police on Thursday afternoon after scaling the grade II listed manor house in protest over what they called Mr. Sunak’s new fossil fuel drilling “frenzy.”