Extinction Rebellion protesters arrested after climbing on top of DLR train at Canary Wharf

Five singing Extinction Rebellion protesters have been arrested after climbing on top of a Docklands Light Railway (DLR) train during Thursday's morning rush hour.

At about 7.15am, the climate change activists - including 83-year-old Phil Kingston - climbed on the train at Canary Wharf station and unfurled a banner reading: "Business as usual = death."

Extinction Rebellion said the banner referenced the "financial sector's role in our collective suicide". It came as the group also targeted the London Stock Exchange.

The Canary Wharf protesters, from the Christian Climate Action group, were eventually removed by British Transport Police officers at about 9am. They were arrested on suspicion of obstructing the railway.

As the protesters sang on top of the train, one campaigner at platform level - 60-year-old Diana Warner - had also glued her hand to the carriage.

She said: "It's bizarre we have to do this in order for governments to listen to the scientists.

"I've got children who are grown up so I can do this. I'm doing it for everyone who can't."

Eighty-three-year-old Mr Kingston, meanwhile, was reported as saying: "I take action for my grandchildren.

"I love them so much and it breaks my heart the thought of the world we are leaving them".

Docklands Light Railway had said it was operating with minor delays between Bank and Stratford and Lewisham while it dealt with the "customer incident".

Extinction Rebellion said in a statement it was "focusing on the financial industry today".

It said the "aim is to demand the finance industry tells the truth about the climate industry and the devastating impact the industry has on our planet".

On the group's final day of action, about 1,100 arrests have been made since the protests began last week.

It has been demanding the government declares a climate and ecological emergency, reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2025 and create a citizen's assembly of members of the public to lead on decisions to address climate change.