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Anti-fracking protesters stay put for potential appeal

Anti-fracking protesters at a drill site in Salford are staying put while they appeal an eviction order. They were due to be removed from the site, but the Appeal Court will now consider the case.

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Some anti-fracking protesters pack-up and leave

Demonstrators dismantle their tent at Barton Moss Credit: ITV

A small number of anti-fracking protesters in Salford are leaving their camp at a drill site, ahead of a court-ordered eviction.

A judge in Manchester gave them until midday tomorrow to vacate the site at Barton Moss, after a court action by landowners Peel.

The firm owns the land on which another company, iGas, is test drilling for shale gas.

Demonstrators protesting against those tests have been encamped at Barton since late last year.

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