A CLIMATE protester is currently blocking traffic in Bournemouth.

The campaigner is sitting in the middle of Poole Road, Westbourne, with a sign around their neck.

It reads: "I'm terrified to have children because of the climate crisis."

Traffic is currently building is the area as a result.

It comes as elsewhere in the county, protesters have been arrested for stopping traffic on main roads in Weymouth and Dorchester to raise awareness of the climate crisis.

Two people took to King Street, Weymouth and Trinity Street, Dorchester at 11am today, sitting in the road to hold up traffic as part of a national Extinction Rebellion protest.

One of the protestors, scientist Emma Smart, from Weymouth, said she was particularly keen to draw awareness to the issue of sea level rise - and how this will affect the local community.

Bournemouth Echo: Extinction Rebellion protester Emma Smart is arrested in Weymouth for blocking King Street to protest over the climate emergencyExtinction Rebellion protester Emma Smart is arrested in Weymouth for blocking King Street to protest over the climate emergency

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Another was also seen in Christchurch:

Meanwhile, around the country, hundreds have been staging similar actions as lockdown rules began to lift in the UK - part of an approach developed during the Covid-19 pandemic by members of Extinction Rebellion.

More to follow.