Anti-fracking protesters from around the country gathered at the contraversial Cuadrilla shale gas fracking construction .
Protesters sit down protest in front of a line of police guarding the entrance to the site. The police and security eventually relented and returned the fencing back to its correct position, allowing safe space for the protesters across the entrance. Anti-fracking protesters from Lancashire, Yorkshire, Cheshire and one or two from as far away as Southampton and Plymouth attend a rolling protest at the entrance to the controversial exploratory shale gas fracking site being constructed by civil firm A. E. Yates for Cuadrilla Resources. Local residents campaigned against the project and Lancashire County Council rejected Cuadrilla's application, but Sajid Javid overruled the council allowing Cuadrilla to go ahead with their
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Location: Preston New Rd, Blackpool, UK
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