TWO people have been charged after an orange substance was thrown at the stones of the Stonehenge Monument in June.

Rajan Naidu, 73, of Gosford Street, Birmingham, and Niamh Lynch, 22, of Norfolk Road, Bedford, have been charged with destroying or damaging an ancient protected monument, and intentionally or recklessly causing a public nuisance.

They have been bailed and will appear at Salisbury Magistrates Court on December 13.

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Environmental campaign group Just Stop Oil said it was behind the act.

The environmental campaign group said the activists had taken action at around noon to demand the government “sign up to a legally-binding treaty to phase out fossil fuels by 2030”.

The action came the day before thousands descended on the World Heritage Site to celebrate the Summer Solstice.