The gas is buried about 2km underground in shales and sandstones. The field stretches across parts of Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and South Yorkshire.
In a study on 14 amputees who had all lost one leg below the knee, seven were given the new "neuroprosthetic interface" during amputation and the other seven were given standard amputation care.Their walking was then tested over flat ground, going up ramps and over obstacles.
Those with the new technology had a walking speed 41% faster than the other group - equivalent to people who have not lost a leg, the study found.They were also better able to deal with slopes, go up and down steps and navigate obstructions.“One of the main findings here is that a small increase in neural feedback from your amputated limb can restore significant bionic neural controllability," said study author Hyungeun Song.
This could help amputees to move more naturally and freely, to the extent they could dance and run., about 60 patients around the world have received this type of surgery so far, which can also be done for people with arm amputations.
A charity sea swim has been cancelled due to sewage discharges, its organisers said.
The annual New Year's Day dip in Hornsea, East Yorkshire, has been running for 14 years and raises funds for the town's lifeboat.Donald Trump's trade advisor, Peter Navarro, has suggested this week that the US could apply pressure on other countries, including Cambodia, Mexico and Vietnam, not to trade with China if they want to continue to exporting to the US.
The US and China together account for such a large share of the global economy, around 43% this year according to the International Monetary Fund.If they were to engage in an all-out trade war that slowed their growth down, or even pushed them into recession, that would likely harm other countries' economies in the form of slower global growth.
Global investment would also likely suffer.There are other potential consequences.