Greenpeace drops 1.5-ton rock outside Defra HQ in fishing protest

Fiona Banner artwork is part of group's direct action campaign against illegal North Sea fishing

Security had been told to expect an artwork for the secretary of state at 9am. Perhaps they were not expecting it to be an enormous chunk of granite painted with squid ink and so heavy it will need a crane to remove.

The artist Fiona Banner and a team from Greenpeace deposited the 1.5-ton artwork outside the Westminster offices of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) on Monday.