Occupy London eviction: live coverage 01.34 Our man on the ground in the Occupy camp, James Orr, tells us that the bailiffs are now picking up the tents and crushing them with a rubbish lorry. 01.18 Protesters have created a makeshift barricade of wooden pallets, tents, chairs and generally anything they can get their hands on. Image courtesy of Occupy London 01.10 A protester called Edwin has been speaking to reporters about the eviction, he says there are around 100 policemen and bailiffs on the site. I am a new member. I didn't know the eviction was happening. There are over 100 bailiffs and police here. Word on the ground is that they can't forcefully evict protesters. All they can do is take away the tents. 01.00 Good morning and welcome to our coverage of the eviction of the Occupy camp outside St Paul's Cathedral. More than 40 bailiffs arrived to dismantle the controversial site at approximately 12.30am today. The removal of "tents and equipment" comes after protesters lost their court battle last month to continue their campaign against corporate greed. A statement from the City of London Corporation said: "City of London Corporation today began to enforce removal of tents and equipment.