Climate activists have superglued shut the doors of almost 50 branches of Barclays bank.

The bank has had to close almost 50 branches this morning after being targeted by Extinction Rebellion.

The climate campaign group has accused Barclays of being "the number one funder of fossil fuels in Europe."

Barclays has been contacted for a comment.

The bank has been targeted by protesters before

An XR activist spokesperson: "We’re responding to public attitudes and targeting the perpetrators of climate breakdown, not ordinary people and we apologise for any inconvenience caused to staff and customers.

"The inconvenience we’ve caused this morning is small in comparison to the catastrophic events already happening due to Barclays’ financing of fossil fuels."

Some of the branches impacted include Kilmarnock Road in Glasgow, Albion Street in Leeds, the High Street in Lincoln and London’s Tottenham Court Road