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Researchers at Glasgow University say widespread use of vibration regulations would see lorries and slamming doors banned

Calls for fracking regulations to be weakened have drawn an angry response from environment campaigners. Researchers at Glasgow University say the current regulations on surface vibrations caused by...

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