Live news updates: Cuadrilla says fracking has started
Cuadrilla has confirmed it has started the first frack of a horizontal shale gas well today at its site at Preston New Road near Blackpool.
MP asks government to investigate judge who jailed anti-fracking protesters
The justice secretary has been urged to investigate whether the judge who jailed three anti-fracking protesters last month followed an official code of conduct.
Shock over family connections of judge who jailed three anti-fracking campaigners
Campaigners have raised concerns about links between the judge who jailed three anti-fracking protesters last month and his family’s business in supplying the oil and gas industry.
Communities take action against government plans to fast-track fracking
Opponents of government proposals to change the planning rules for shale gas developments have been taking part in protest events across England this week.
Anti-fracking campaigners to appeal against jail sentences
Three men sent to jail last week for taking part in anti-fracking protests are to appeal against their sentences.
1,000+ academics call for review of fracking protest prison sentences
More than 1,000 academics have now signed an open letter supporting a review of last week’s prison sentence given to three men who took part in anti-fracking protests.
Anti-fracking protest outside shale gas site continues into third day
A protest outside Cuadrilla’s shale gas site near Blackpool has reached its third day.
Under half the arrests at N Yorks fracking protest resulted in convictions
Data from a Yorkshire law firm shows that less than half the arrests made at protests outside Third Energy’s fracking site ended in a conviction.
Protest blocks Cuadrilla’s fracking site
A group of anti-fracking campaigners blocked the entrance of Cuadrilla’s shale gas site near Blackpool early this morning.
Four men wait to find out if they face jail for anti-fracking lorry protest
Four campaigners who spent a total of 99 hours on top of lorries delivering to Cuadrilla’s shale gas site could become the first people to be jailed for an anti-fracking protest.
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