Anti-fracking protesters defiant after eviction from Upton camp
by Nazia Parveen and Kylie Noble from on (#10JV4)
Activists trying to prevent exploratory drilling say they will not be defeated after police clear camp and arrest nine people
Protesters evicted from the UK's longest-running anti-fracking camp have responded defiantly, saying they will not be defeated.
Activists had built fortified tunnels, treehouses and a moat, months after the high court ordered them to leave so drilling could begin.
On Tuesday night, however, police cleared the camp in Upton, Cheshire, and arrested nine people. Two others were given a section 35 direction to leave the area, which bars them from returning for 48 hours.
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