Government announces new curbs on right to protest
The UK government has announced changes to public order legislation that would give the police greater powers to restrict protests.
96 arrests at Lancs anti-fracking protest in July 2017
July saw the largest number of arrests in a month so far at protests outside Cuadrilla’s shale gas site near Blackpool, according to figures released by Lancashire Police.
New data on policing costs and arrests at Cuadrilla’s Lancashire fracking site
Lancashire Police has said its operations at Cuadrilla’s fracking site near Blackpool will cost an extra £450,000 a month.
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