A demonstrator with a dog who scaled the clock tower at King’s Cross train station in London has been arrested.
The protester scaled the structure at around 8am on Tuesday and unfurled a banner about Iran that read: “Iran belongs to its people” and wore a black T-shirt emblazoned with the words: “no to war”.
Firefighters went up in a turntable ladder in an attempt to talk to the activist, eventually persuading him to hand over the dog and allow it to be brought to the ground around three hours into the stand-off.
Onlookers cheered as the animal came safely down, and the protester agreed to come down shortly before midday.
A spokesman for British Transport Police said officers had been called to the station to “reports of a person in a precarious position”.
In a statement on Tuesday afternoon, the force added: “Officers attended alongside other emergency services, and a man was safely removed from the position and arrested on suspicion of causing a public nuisance.”
A cordon was put in place around the tower, where the protester could at times be seen standing up on the ledge where he was perched.
He packed his banner away shortly before midday, and was brought to the ground on a turntable ladder.
King’s Cross station in London was open during the stand-off but passengers were told to use side entrances.
The front entrances were closed due to the emergency services, while a section of the plaza in front of the station was cordoned off with white barriers.
