MPs call for fracking halt after 36 seismic events in only two weeks

Concern grows as tremors increase 

New demands for fracking to be stopped have been made after the 36th tremor since the shale gas firm Cuadrilla starting hydraulic fracturing last month.

A tremor of 0.7 in magnitude was recorded by the British Geological Survey on Sunday.

5 Lancashire MPs, including Blackpool’s Gordon Marsden, have written to the energy secretary to call for a cessation in view of the unprecedented amount of tremors. Mr Marsden’s letter states: “The Government must accept...