Ten people have been arrested following a protest on the Forth Road Bridge yesterday afternoon.

The protest was reported to police around 1.05pm, on Friday, July 25. Images online showed Greenpeace protesters with banners suspended from the bridge.

Five men, aged between 35 and 40, and five women, aged between 25 and 42, were arrested in connection and further enquiries are ongoing.

An international team of Greenpeace activists abseil from Scotland's Forth Bridge to block an Ineos tanker from delivering its cargo of fracked American gas to the Grangemouth petrochemical facility. Pic: Greenpeace

placeholder image — An international team of Greenpeace activists abseil from Scotland's Forth Bridge to block an Ineos tanker from delivering its cargo of fracked American gas to the Grangemouth petrochemical facility. Pic: Greenpeace

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The bridge was re-opened at 11am on Saturday, July 26. With Traffic Scotland posting: “The Forth Road bridge has been reopened to users after an ongoing police incident Public transport and pedestrians will now be able to cross the bridge as normal.”