Dear Telegraph Reader,

On Friday night, a group of extremists from Extinction Rebellion blockaded the printing plants where The Telegraph and other titles are produced.

We were not their primary target but production of The Telegraph titles was severely affected. This meant many of our loyal readers were denied the opportunity to enjoy the fine journalism that we produce.

Following the assault on the free press, we have made the decision that all the Telegraph journalism published this weekend is now free to read on our website until Monday morning and removed the paywall until then.

Chris Evans, Editor of The Telegraph, said: "I’m very concerned by the attack on free speech. Whatever your politics, you should be worried by this. There are also questions for the police who perhaps placed the right of these few people to protest above the right of the rest of the people to read a free press."