Campaigners set to join major anti-fracking march in Manchester

Anti-fracking campaigners from across the Calendar region are set to join a major demonstration in Manchester.

Buses will be departing from York, Bridlington, Driffield, Beverley and Hull for the protest today.

The demonstration starts at 11am at Picadilly.

The first operation to drill for shale gas for five years, was approved near the village of Kirby Misperton in North Yorkshire in May.

Campaigners fear the decision would well open the floodgates for fracking in East and South Yorkshire and North Nottinghamshire.