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| Police hold 114 in power protest | Police hold 114 in power protest |
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| More than 100 people have been arrested in Nottingham over a suspected plan to target a power station. | More than 100 people have been arrested in Nottingham over a suspected plan to target a power station. |
| Police said 114 men and women were arrested in Sneinton Dale on suspicion of conspiracy to commit aggravated trespass and criminal damage. | Police said 114 men and women were arrested in Sneinton Dale on suspicion of conspiracy to commit aggravated trespass and criminal damage. |
| Officers said they believed those arrested were planning to protest at nearby Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station. | Officers said they believed those arrested were planning to protest at nearby Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station. |
| Police said equipment including bolt-cutters was found and they feared a threat to the safety of the site. | |
| A police spokesman said it was thought there was a "serious threat" to the coal-fired power station, which is eight miles south-west of Nottingham. | A police spokesman said it was thought there was a "serious threat" to the coal-fired power station, which is eight miles south-west of Nottingham. |
| More than 200 police officers from Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Staffordshire and British Transport Police were involved in the arrests at the Iona School. | More than 200 police officers from Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Staffordshire and British Transport Police were involved in the arrests at the Iona School. |
| 'Real bedlam' | 'Real bedlam' |
| There were no reported injuries. | There were no reported injuries. |
| The Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station has previously been targeted by members of the Eastside Climate Action, although the group has denied any involvement in the latest suspected plot. | |
| Eleven people from the group were arrested in April 2007 after chaining themselves to buildings and equipment at the site. | |
| Eon, which operates the power station, said it was helping the police with their investigation. | |
| City councillor David Mellen said the police raided the privately-run school as a result of "an intelligence-led operation". | City councillor David Mellen said the police raided the privately-run school as a result of "an intelligence-led operation". |
| The operation is understood to have been "intelligence-led" | The operation is understood to have been "intelligence-led" |
| He said: "I don't know whether it was the school itself being used or the car park. | He said: "I don't know whether it was the school itself being used or the car park. |
| "Neighbours reported a lot of noise after midnight. It seems to have been used as a rendezvous for people from a wide area." | "Neighbours reported a lot of noise after midnight. It seems to have been used as a rendezvous for people from a wide area." |
| No-one at the school was available for comment. | No-one at the school was available for comment. |
| Residents in the suburb of Sneinton contacted the BBC with reports of a large police presence in the area. | Residents in the suburb of Sneinton contacted the BBC with reports of a large police presence in the area. |
| Tess Rearden, who lives near where the arrests were made, said she saw 20 police vehicles. | Tess Rearden, who lives near where the arrests were made, said she saw 20 police vehicles. |
| She said: "It was all slamming of doors and van doors and all these vans were coming up here - police vans, riot vans. | She said: "It was all slamming of doors and van doors and all these vans were coming up here - police vans, riot vans. |
| "My son came out of his bedroom and he said: 'Have you seen what's going on out front?' | "My son came out of his bedroom and he said: 'Have you seen what's going on out front?' |
| Police had big black and yellow bin bags full of something which they took away Susan Lawson, neighbour | |
| "They were all up and down the roads here. It was bedlam, real bedlam." | "They were all up and down the roads here. It was bedlam, real bedlam." |
| Residents said handcuffed suspects sang loudly as they were led away. | Residents said handcuffed suspects sang loudly as they were led away. |
| Susan Lawson, 56, who lives opposite the school, said: "The police said to me 'get in the house and don't come out'. | |
| "Then I saw them bringing people out of the school gates in handcuffs and putting them into vans. | "Then I saw them bringing people out of the school gates in handcuffs and putting them into vans. |
| "The vans kept coming back to pick up more of them. Police had big black and yellow bin bags full of something which they took away. | "The vans kept coming back to pick up more of them. Police had big black and yellow bin bags full of something which they took away. |
| The coal-fired facility is eight miles from Nottingham | |
| "I was shocked, I couldn't get back to sleep afterwards. It was terrible." | "I was shocked, I couldn't get back to sleep afterwards. It was terrible." |
| Speaking on behalf of Eastside Climate Action, Bob Andrews said: "We don't know anything about the arrests last night. | |
| "It wasn't us and we don't know who has been arrested. | |
| "But if people were planning to shut [the plant] down like we tried to do two years ago then that is great news. | |
| "We would fully support people taking safe and responsible action to stop carbon emissions. | |
| "Ratcliffe is the third biggest single source of CO2 in the country; it has got to be closed down if we are serious about climate change." | |
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