Crane climber taken into police custody following climate protest

Alex Sidney is camped on a gantry outside the crane’s cab (Alex Sidney/Ames Wilson/Extinction Rebellion Norwich/PA)

A teenage climate protester who camped at the top of a crane has ended his protest and been taken into police custody.

Alex Sidney, 17, scaled the structure in England, early on Saturday morning and spent two nights at the top before descending at midday on Monday.