Warning of more Shropshire gas drilling bids to come

The meeting will be hosted by Duncan Kerr, parliamentary candidate for the Green Party, along with Mr Hesketh who hopes to include an update on the situation at Dudleston Heath. The meeting will be held at the Whitchurch Civic Centre at 7.30pm

Nothing to fear from Shropshire gas plans, says energy boss

Mr Bain, country manager for Dart Energy, said the site in Dudleston, near Ellesmere, is the only one they are currently interested in for coal bed methane. The firm has submitted plans to Shropshire Council to drill a single coal bed methane

No fracking vow by energy bosses

Dart Energy has applied to operate an exploratory borehole in Dudleston Heath, near Ellesmere, for coal bed methane extraction. But, with hundreds of objections to the plans, along with petitions from campaigners Frack-Free Dudleston (FFD), th