Blackpool, Lancashire, UK 9th February, 2016. The decision to allow shale gas drilling - or fracking is to be decided at this hearing in Blackpool. Energy firm Cuadrilla is appealing the council's refusal to allow fracking on two sites in Plumpton & Roseacre Woods. The procedure which allows the Secretary of State to decide the outcome following the appeal After two earth tremors in 2011 people in the area are worried about the controversial plans for shale gas exploration.

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