CLIMATE change activists from Swindon and Highworth joined the final day of Extinction Rebellion demonstrations in the capital, as protestors targeted the City.

The Swindon group unfurled a green banner on the steps of the Bank of England.

Others opted for more extreme tactics, with some demonstrators temporarily blockading the London Stock Exchange by bluing themselves across entrances to the trading hub. The markets continued to trade as normal.

Elsewhere, five protesters including 83-year-old grandfather Phil Kingston clambered onto the roof of a DLR train at Canary Wharf station in east London, holding signs saying "business as usual = death" and "don't jail the canaries".

John Ranford, from Highworth, said: “These financial institutions are involved in oil, digging it out of the ground – and we can’t do that anymore.”

An Extinction Rebellion spokeswoman said Thursday's targets were selected because "the financial industry is responsible for funding climate and ecological destruction".Over 1,100 people have been arrested since the protests started last Monday.