CLIMATE change protesters who broke into Didcot power station were tonight preparing to spend a second night on top of the 200-metre chimney.

Police said they believed it was too dangerous to try to evict the nine activists, although the plant’s owner, RWE npower, obtained a court injunction allowing officers to remove them.

The company was considering whether to send security staff up the tower to evict them, or wait for them to come down peacefully.

Five protesters remained in custody today, while six were bailed after being arrested on suspicion of aggravated trespass on Monday.

The 11 protesters arrested were a second group who chained themselves to a conveyor belt.

Protester Joanna Bates, 21, said they were protesting against RWE npower planning a new generation of coal-burning power stations.

She said: “We want to stay up here for at least a few days – as long as we feel necessary and we feel we’re physically able to. The weather was definitely not as good. We were basically in a cloud up there.”

Power station manager John Rainford said: “What the protesters at the top of the tower need to bear in mind is that sitting on top of a chimney isn’t going to affect climate change.”

Police said negotiations would continue with the campaigners.