OLICE have arrested three men on suspicion of criminal damage at the Kirby Misperton fracking site. Officers attended after receiving a report of a group of people in dark camouflage clothing running through fields near Kirby Misperton at about 10pm on Sunday night.
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Anti-Frackers Face Increasing Police Violence
ANTI-FRACKING protesters are facing rising aggression and violence from police with incidents of campaigners being knocked unconscious and pushed into speeding traffic, a damning report published today claims.
LETTERS: Police costs will have to be borne by taxpayers
£100,000 was spent in September by North Yorkshire Police on their presence at the fracking site at Kirby Misperton, yet we have seen that many of the protesters are local pensioners and farmers.
Anti-fracking activist ticketed for beaming skull and crossbones onto Boulder courthouse
An activist associated with the group Boulder County Protectors was cited by police Tuesday night for projecting the image of a skull and crossbones along with the words “Ban Fracking!” onto the exterior wall of the old courthouse off the Pearl Street Mall.
http://www.timescall.com/longmont-local-news/ci_31439720/boulder-county-protectors-light-projection
Protesters arrested after blocking Habton Road, Kirby Misperton with two towers
PROTESTERS have been arrested after they built and occupied two wooden towers in the middle of Habton Road in Kirby Misperton. Police closed the road to all vehicles and pedestrians earlier after the incident began at about 3am today.
UPDATED – Wooden towers built near fracking site – Police make arrests
Two protesters who have been involved in the blockage of Habton Road at Kirby Misperton since 3am today (Monday 30 October 2017), have been arrested after being removed from wooden towers by a specialist police team.
‘Concrete’ fracking protesters arrested
Two men who lay in the road and locked themselves in concrete this evening have been arrested on suspicion of obstructing the highway. The men were in Main Street, Kirby Misperton, from 5pm to 7pm. The road re-opened shortly after 7pm, after debris from the cutting was cleared from the road.
http://www.itv.com/news/tyne-tees/update/2017-10-27/concrete-fracking-protesters-arrested/
Four arrested after blocking road to North Yorkshire fracking site
Four people have been arrested after blocking the road to a fracking site in North Yorkshire by laying down with their arms locked into metal and concrete devices.
Reassurances sought over cost of policing protests at fracking site
A police and crime commissioner (PCC) is seeking reassurances from the Government that central funding will be available if the cost of policing daily protests outside a controversial fracking site rises above a certain level.
Arrest after protesters scale 60ft fracking rig in Kirby Misperton
A man has been arrested after three protestors scaled a 60ft high fracking rig in North Yorkshire. Two men and a woman climbed to the top of the site at Kirby Misperton, between Malton and Pickering, at about 03:00 BST, police said.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-41710026