A group of climate protesters are taking to the streets of Maidstone in a funeral march today.

Extinction Rebellion Maidstone is marching through the town centre on a March for Life.

Campaigners are convening outside the County Hall, off Week Street, at 11.45am as the new leader of the council is due to be elected.

At 12pm they will walk in a slow procession down Week Street waving banners and return in a circular route back to the meeting spot.

While walking through the town, the group will be carrying a makeshift coffin and wearing mourning clothes.

The organiser of the event Liam Richardson, 20, from Ditton, said: "There is nothing more sombre than a funeral but that is the reality of it.

Video: Protestors also took to Kent's streets earlier this year as part of a global day of strikes.

"It is obvious we are in a harsh climate emergency and its not just the human race facing extinction but also animals species and ecosystems that are being wiped out."

After the march, the group will also be staging a 'die-in' outside the Kent County Council building, lying motionless on the floor.

The group organised a similar event in July urging Kent County Council to declare a climate emergency as 2025 as opposed to 2050.

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