A third tower at the KM8 site in Kirby Misperton was taken down by police. Two campaigners spent more than 24 hours in the tower, locked to each other. They weren’t moved until 6:30pm last night (Monday).
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Protestors occupy a third tower at Kirby Misperton fracking site
ANTI-fracking protesters have erected another tower at the gates of the Kirby Misperton fracking site. At around 8pm last night protesters say they snuck the prefabricated tower past police officers guarding the gate.
http://www.gazetteherald.co.uk/news/15598411.Protesters_occupy_a_third_tower_at_fracking_site/
Delays around Preston New Road after lock-on
Two men were arrested at the fracking site in Preston New Road following a lock-on protest, say police. Police were called to the site just before 7am after two protesters locked-on at the site entrance. Traffic was stopped for a short time to allow police to create a blockade around the protesters to keep them safe from passing vehicles.
Elderly tea-lady forcibly moved from her month-long post set up at a controversial fracking site by …
These pictures show the moment an elderly tea-lady was forcibly moved from her month-long post set up at a controversial fracking site by police. Great grandma Jackie Brookes, 79, set up shop at the Kirby Misperton site in Yorkshire where she provided provisions of tea and home-made cake to both protesters and police.
https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/elderly-tea-lady-forcibly-moved-month-long-post-set-controversial-fracking-site-police/11/10/
6 arrests at Kirby Misperton fracking protest, bullet seized from man
Six people have been arrested during a protest over fracking at Kirby Misperton, including one man for allegedly carrying a bullet. The 53-year-old was arrested at 2.25pm today in Habton Road, Kirby Misperton, on suspicion of possessing ammunition for a firearm.
REVEALED: Derbyshire anti-fracking protest cost police £138000
An anti-fracking demonstration in Derbyshire has cost police almost £140,000 since it began in June. Protesters have been camped outside drilling company PR Marriott’s, on Pilsley Road, Danesmoor, for the last four months.
Moment tea lady is moved by police during a fracking protest
This is the moment when a defenceless tea lady is moved by police during the Kirby Misperton fracking protests yesterday. Crowds heckled and criticised police for their actions at the protest.
‘This is England not 1930s Germany!’ Fury as tea lady, 79, supplying anti-fracking protesters is …
A great-grandmother was forcibly moved from her tea table by police at a fracking site yesterday as a long-running protest by environmental groups intensified. Former nurse Jackie Brooks, 79, has been serving tea and cake over the past month to protesters and police in Kirby Misperton, North Yorkshire, with her husband Jim.
Pictured: The moment elderly tea-lady is forcibly moved by police at Kirby Misperton fracking site
An elderly tea-lady was forcibly moved from her table by police at the Kirby Misperton fracking site today as the long-running protest by environmental campaigners continued.
22nd person charged after North Yorkshire fracking protests
A 21-year-old man has been charged with obstructing a police officer, following anti-fracking protests in North Yorkshire. He was arrested at Habton Road, Kirby Misperton, at about 11.30am on Friday 29 September.