Fire Brigades Union backs anti-fracking campaign
The Fire Brigades Union voted today to oppose fracking in the UK and to offer support to anti-fracking campaigns.
Protest policing at Lancashire fracking site has “irreparably damaged community relations”, senior officer told
Regular protesters at Cuadrilla’s fracking site near Blackpool have told Lancashire Police they no longer have any confidence in the force or its procedures.
Guest Post by Miranda Cox: A view from the other side of the well pad
In this guest post, Miranda Cox, a member of Kirkham Town Council in Lancashire, reflects on the opposition to Cuadrilla’s shale gas site nearby at Preston New Road. Last week, Lee Petts wrote about his impressions of the company’s operation.
Cuadrilla fracking protest trial – 12 guilty of obstruction but cleared on trades union charges
12 people, including three councillors, have been found guilty of obstructing the highway after a lock-on protest outside Cuadrilla’s shale gas site in July. But they were cleared of trades union charges which can carry a more serious penalty.
Businessman defies police warning with horn-honking convoy past fracking site
A Lancashire businessman who had been threatened with arrest for sounding his car horn in support of anti-fracking protesters led a convoy of hooting motorists past Cuadrilla’s shale gas site this morning.
Updated: 4,000+ people call for removal of rig from Cuadrilla’s fracking site
Updated 31 July 2017 More than 4,000 people have signed a petition in the past four days calling for the enforcement of planning conditions at Cuadrilla’s Preston New Road shale gas site in Lancashire.
“Government approved fracking so it should pay for protest police” – Lancs PCC
Lancashire’s Police and Crime Commissioner for Lancashire said this evening the government had given the go-ahead for fracking in the county and so it should pay to police the protests.
“Police trying to provoke protesters at Lancashire fracking site”, say injured councillors
Two councillors who were pushed to the ground during policing of protests outside Cuadrilla’s Lancashire fracking site last week have accused police officers of trying to provoke the demonstrators.
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