Furious drivers ruthlessly drag climate activists from busy highway

Furious motorists in Portugal have taken matters into their own hands by rushing out of their cars to physically drag climate activists blocking a busy road.

In footage which has recently gone viral on social media, Members of the Portuguese climate activist group Climáximo blocked a busy road before drivers quickly exited their vehicles and started physically removing the protesters.

It comes as Just Stop Oil activists invaded the stage during a West End performance of Les Miserables on Wednesday night.

Members of the British-based climate activist group went on London's Sondheim Theatre stage during a performance of 'Do You Hear The People Sing?'.

The activists locked themselves to the set which caused the show to end prematurely and the theatre to be evacuated.

Five people were arrested after the event, and the Metropolitan Police appealed to members of the audience to provide additional footage of the incident.

The incidents are part of a series of protests by different climate activist groups in recent months, where they have escalated their efforts to inconvenience the public in order to raise awareness for their cause.