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Protesters in UK climb power station chimney
Fossil fuel protesters occupied Didcot power station early yesterday morning, forcing it to switch electricity generation from coal power to gas as a safety precaution.
The protesters, who range in age from 19-50 and belong to no named group, said they planned to occupy the Oxfordshire station for up to a week and could escalate their action by occupying the inside of one of the flues.
Nine protesters were still 200m up the chimney tonight after entering the power station grounds before dawn, but police removed 13 who had locked themselves to a coal conveyor belt. "It is expected that the remaining protesters in the chimney area may remain overnight until it is safe for them to be bought down in daylight," said Npower in a statement.
"We have barricaded ourselves into a round room through which the four flues run. There's no way we can be reached, we're in control of this power plant and we're not moving any time," said Amy Johnson, one of the protesters.