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Protesters rallied outside Blackpool Football Club in Lancashire on Tuesday at the beginning of a five week inquiry that could determine the future of fracking in Britain.

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Around 400 people marched against fracking in Upton, near Chester, last Saturday.

Scarborough’s anti-fracking action group marched in Manchester on 4 October, while Lancashire’s anti-fracking nanas paraded their trademark yellow housecoats and duster headgear. Occasions like these show that an important section of the campaign not only links the Tories and fracking, but fracking and the Tories’ broad assault. My own experience is of the North and...

More than 2,000 protesters formed a human chain across the iconic Forth Road Bridge in Scotland last Sunday.

As the Scottish National Party (SNP) conference gets underway this week, key manifesto pledges and the integrity of its MPs are firmly under the microscope.

David Cameron announced plans to “fast-track” fracking after the Tories’ plan to roll out fracking failed to take off.

Around 400 people attended a Facts Before Fracks meeting about the appalling health impact of fracking in Ryedale, North Yorkshire, on Wednesday of last week.

More than 100 people attended Frack Free Scarborough’s public meeting on Thursday of last week.

Councillors in Preston, Lancashire, voted against the return of fracking this week.