Climate change activists target power station - Climate protesters today illegally entered Radcliffe on Soar power station, Nottinghamshire and chained themselves to equipment in an attempt to shut it down.

Around a dozen protesters managed to sneak on to the Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station site this morning before chaining themselves to vehicles and other equipment to avoid being moved on by staff.

Notts Police were called to deal with the protesters for trespassing.

The action was organised by city environmental group Eastside Climate Action, which is currently running a week-long series of Nottingham events called 'Spring into Action'.

A spokeswoman for the group said today's power station protest was about taking direct action to raise public awareness about companies it considered Notts' 'climate criminals'.

Power company E.ON, which runs the power station, said its energy generation had not been affected.

Notts Police confirmed officers had been called to the power station to deal with 12 to 15 protesters.

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