
A police officer speaks to one of the campaigners from Greenpeace outside Downing Street, London, during a protest against the Cambo oil field off the west coast of Shetland
(Picture: PA)Controversial plans to develop the Cambo oil field in the North Sea have moved a step closer after the company behind the plans was bought in a $1.5 billion (£1.2 billion) deal.
Siccar Point Energy, which part-owns the licence to the field, is being bought by Ithaca Energy, part of the Israeli energy conglomerate Delek Group.