A protest that blocked the distribution of major UK newspapers kept around 100 workers stuck at a printing site for up to seven hours, a court heard.

Extinction Rebellion activists staged the demonstration at Newsprinters Ltd in Broxbourne in September 2020.

Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp titles, including the Sun, Times, Sun On Sunday and Sunday Times, are published at the site, as are the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph, the Daily Mail and Mail On Sunday, and the London Evening Standard.