Power station protest continues

Protesters said they had food and water for a week

Nine protesters have vowed to continue a protest on a chimney stack at an Oxfordshire power station for "as long as possible".

They forced their way into Didcot Power Station at about 0530 GMT on Monday in a demonstration over climate change.

RWE npower, which owns the plant, said power generation had not been affected and urged the protesters to end their demonstration.

Police have arrested 11 people on suspicion of aggravated trespass.

The arrests, of six men and five women, took place in the coal conveyor building.

Protester Amy Johnson, a 20-year-old student from Oxford, insisted the "climate sit-in" at the chimney stack would continue.

'Not safe'

"We're here for the long haul and have got provisions for up to a week," she said.

"The more carbon we emit, the more we will accelerate climate change.

"We need to act on it now and that's why we're here."

Leon Flexman, from RWE npower, called on the protesters to end the action immediately.

"It isn't safe to be up there and we would plead with them to voluntarily come down," he said.

A spokesman for Thames Valley Police said: "We have been negotiating with these protesters, but at present they cannot be physically moved due to their location and safety issues.

"A police presence will remain on the site until the protest is over."

The protesters took flags and a banner reading "Climate Justice" with them.

Six people have been released on police bail until November. Five suspects remain in custody.