Two men arrested after the Radcliffe Camera was daubed in orange paint have been bailed.

Thames Valley Police officers arrested the pair on suspicion of criminal damage after they were called to the historic Bodleian Library building on Tuesday afternoon.

A spokeswoman for the force said the two men had been released on police bail until January.

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Environmental group Just Stop Oil claimed responsibility for the protest and identified 21-year-old Oxford biochemistry student Daniel Knorr and Norwich man Noah Crane, 18, as the pair who sprayed orange paint at the Radcliffe Camera.

Speaking before the protest, Mr Knorr said: “We are demanding that university leaders all over the country make a public statement calling on the government to end new oil and gas projects.”

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