Fracking 'should resume'
A controversial gas drilling technique which was stopped after triggering earthquakes near Blackpool is likely to be re-started - but with rigorous controls.
A controversial gas drilling technique which was stopped after triggering earthquakes near Blackpool is likely to be re-started - but with rigorous controls.
Simon Walker, the Director General of the Institute of Directors, has welcomed today's report on fracking - the process of extracting natural gas from shale formations:
Shale gas is a plentiful, low cost fuel that offers a great opportunity to fill the energy gap left by the closure of coal fired power stations and the unreliability of renewables. Fracking has helped drive down American natural gas prices to a quarter of UK levels, and this decision means British business could gain those same benefits.
A three-year-old boy has died after drowning at David Lloyd club on Tongue Lane in Leeds
The MP has become Welsh Labour's first deputy leader after the result was announced at the Welsh Labour conference in Llandudno.
The National Archives have confirmed they hold arrival records of thousands of people who came to the UK decades ago.