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Police warn of 'inadequate safety' at Greta Thunberg protest
Police are warning parents a Bristol protest Greta Thunberg is due to join has "grown so large" it is unlikely usual safety measures will be adequate.
Avon and Somerset Police say they expect thousands of people at the Bristol Youth Strike 4 Climate on College Green on Friday to hear the 17-year-old climate activist speak.
The force said there was "potential for trips, slips, falls and crushing".
Parents and carers were advised to make their own safety arrangements.
The Swedish climate change campaigner tweeted over the weekend that she would be taking part in the city's youth protest.
But in a letter addressed to parents of school-age children, Supt Andy Bennett said the force was "unable to accurately predict how large this event will be".
"Social media has gone viral with interest which leads me to believe it will be thousands of people," he wrote.
"We have confirmation of people travelling from across the UK by car, bus, coach and train.
"I am told in Hamburg approximately 60,000 came to see Greta speak. Whilst I am not suggesting it will be this big, you can see the scale of the potential attendance."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-51649275
The Denier Choir is gutted that the Thunberg train has smashed their buffers and continues to expand.