The M57 has been closed, with protestors sitting on the motorway, after animal rights activists derailed the close by Grand Nationwide earlier on this afternoon.
Footage despatched in by an eyewitness reveals plenty of folks sitting on the motorway sporting pink t-shirts.
North West Motorway Police stated they’re sat at junction 2 northbound.
They’re believed to be related to a big group of protestors who disrupted proceedings on the Grand Nationwide earlier at the moment.
Police arrested 23 folks at Aintree Racecourse this aftnoon after a dozens of protesters tried to realize entry to the track- delaying the beginning of the Grand Nationwide.
Dozens of activists climbed fences at Aintree, with not less than two affixing themselves to a soar utilizing glue and lock-on gadgets, local weather and animal rights group Animal Rising stated.
The protesters breached safety fences as Nationwide runners have been within the parade ring, inflicting a delay of 12 minutes.
Merseyside Police stated 23 individuals who managed to enter the course have been arrested, whereas three protesters have been held earlier within the day.
The drive stated: ‘Simply after 5pm, a lot of protesters tried to realize entry on to the course.
‘The bulk have been prevented from breaching the boundary fencing, however the 9 people who managed to enter the course have been later arrested by officers.’
Sarah McCaffrey, a shopworker and pupil and a type of disrupting the observe, stated: ‘Whether or not it’s for meals or for enjoyable, our use of animals and nature is symbolic of a relationship past damaged.
‘We’re a nation of animal lovers, however the ache these stunning creatures expertise day by day doesn’t try this label justice. We have to discover methods of loving animals that don’t damage them.
‘I actually imagine that we’re a nation of animal lovers, each one in all us. I do know everybody coming to Aintree to view the races at the moment would say they love the horses; nonetheless, the struggling skilled by them ought to shock us all.
‘That’s why I’ve determined to place my physique between these horses and dying on the racecourse, reasonably than gamble with their lives.’
Horse Darkish Raven died after racing on Saturday, the second dying on the three-day competition after Envoye Particular fell on Thursday.
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