more than 100 people during weekend of environmental activism in London

Two people appear in court accused of stealing milk and damaging two shops in central London on Friday. Dozens of other protesters linked to the Just Stop Oil group are arrested for obstructing the highway in the capita 

More than 100 people have been arrested by the Metropolitan Police after a weekend of protests by environmental groups in the capital.

Officers in Green Park arrested two people from the Animal Rebellion group who were accused of stealing milk and damaging two shops in central London on Friday afternoon.

Stephen Bone, 40, of Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, and Sofia Fernandes Pontes, 26, of Copenhagen Street, Islington, north London, were both charged in the early hours of Sunday with two counts of criminal damage and two counts of theft.

The counts of theft relate to milk allegedly taken from the shops and used in the acts of criminal damage - with milk having been poured on carpets and food displays.

Bone remains in custody and will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Monday.

Fernandes Pontes was bailed and will appear at the same court on 7 November.

Police arrested three people linked to the Animal Rebellion group in Berwick Street, Soho, on Saturday morning.

Officers have said they were acting on information that those in the vehicle were intending to play a "leading role in causing damage later that day".

Police seized items from them including fire extinguishers filled with paint.