Updated: East Yorkshire drilling protest tops 50 hours
Updated 13 May 2019 A protest outside an oil and gas exploration site at West Newton, north of Hull, has entered its third day.
Lorry protest as Rathlin delivers drilling rig to East Yorkshire exploration site
A woman campaigner has climbed on top of drilling equipment on its way to an oil and gas site in East Yorkshire.
Picture post: Youth protest at shale gas seminar
A group of six young people blocked the entrances of a seminar on the UK unconventional oil and gas industry this morning.
Picture post: Arrests over “fossil fools” day protest at IGas Misson site
Two anti-fracking campaigners locked themselves together this morning outside the IGas site at Springs Road in north Nottinghamshire.
Police chief welcomes government cash for anti-fracking protests
The government is to provide £4.3m towards the cost of policing anti-fracking protests outside Cuadrilla’s shale gas site, Lancashire’s police and crime commissioner confirmed this afternoon.
First arrests outside Egdon’s Biscathorpe drill site
A 74-year-old man and a 60-year-old woman become the first people to be arrested outside the Egdon Resources oil exploration site at Biscathorpe in Lincolnshire.
Guest weekend long read: Lancashire Police tipped off benefit officials about disabled anti-fracking protesters
In this guest post, John Pring, of the Disability News Service, reports on how Lancashire police sent information to a government department about disabled anti-fracking protesters. He also investigates accusations that the force repeatedly targeted vulnerable people at protests.
