The jury in the trial of six Greenpeace activists accused of causing £30,000 of damage at Kingsnorth Power Station will today continue trying to reach a verdict.

The retired to consider its verdict at 1pm yesterday but by 4.30pm had not reached a decision.

Six climate change campaigners are facing charges of criminal damage after taking part in the climbing and occupation of the power station's 200 metre smokestack before painting the name of Prime Minister Gordon Brown down the side last October.

The six defendants are: Tim Hewke,48, from Ulcombe, near Maidstone,Huw Williams,41, from Nottingham; Ben Stewart,34, from Lyminge , near Folkestone, Kevin Drake, 44, from Westbury in Wiltshire; Will Rose, 29, from London; and Emily Hall, 34, from New Zealand.