Lancs police use drones over Cuadrilla’s fracking site
Lancashire Police said today it was using drones to film the area around Cuadrilla’s fracking site.
Updated: Report corrected after falsely accusing anti-fracking campaigners of “grooming” 14-year-old boy
Update 29/8/2018: See section headed Swapping fracking at the bottom of this post. A report published today on social cohesion in Greater Manchester has been rewritten this evening after it emerged that a case study falsely accused anti-fracking activists of “grooming” a 14-year-old boy.
Netpol claims victory in challenge over police information on anti-fracking campaigners
A tribunal has ruled today that police cannot use “national security” as a reason for refusing to release information about fracking opponents referred to a counter-terrorism programme.
Home Office gives Lancashire 20% of costs of policing anti-fracking protests
Lancashire’s Police and Crime Commissioner has called on the Government to reconsider its decision to contribute only 20% of the cost so far in policing anti-fracking protests outside Cuadrilla’s shale gas site near Blackpool.
January policing costs at Third Energy fracking site lowest so far
The monthly cost of policing outside Third Energy’s fracking site at Kirby Misperton in North Yorkshire was the lowest so far recorded in January 2018
Fracking protest policing: Costs and arrests fall in November 2017
The monthly cost of policing anti-fracking protests in both North Yorkshire and Lancashire fell markedly in November.
Police and campaigners respond to criticism of anti-fracking protest policing
Anti-fracking campaigners have called on police to protect their civil right to protest. They were responding to a report published this morning alleging “confrontational and “aggressive” policing. Two police forces in fracking protest areas said they have a duty to balance the right to protest with rights […]
Police drag Green Party co-leader from N Yorks fracking site
The co-leader of the Green Party, Jonathan Bartley, was dragged by police away from the entrance to Third Energy’s fracking site at Kirby Misperton this afternoon.
North Yorkshire seeks Government assurances over cost of policing fracking protests as latest data released
The Police and Crime Commissioner for North Yorkshire is seeking assurances from the Government that it will contribute to the costs of policing anti-fracking protests in the county.
Police “misused” fire service to end N Yorks fracking protest – Fire Brigades Union
The Fire Brigades Union has accused North Yorkshire Police of making a “nuisance call” when it requested fire service help at an anti-fracking protest at Kirby Misperton.
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