Police tactics at fracking protests need urgent review, says MEP

Call for review follows repeated allegations of violence and excessive force by police and security staff at UK sites

Repeated allegations of excessive force by police and security staff against protesters at oil and gas fracking sites across the country have led to a call for an urgent review of police tactics.

Lancashire police are investigating an allegation of assault by a security official at the Cuadrilla site at Preston New Road in Lancashire. At other protest sites - including Surrey and Derbyshire - demonstrators have made complaints about the alleged heavy-handedness of police officers.