Fracking

Liz Truss today sacked chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng. Photo: Getty

Fracking site renamed ‘Liz Truss Career Memorial’ on Google Maps

Anti-fracking protestors spent the morning outside County Hall to send councillors a message ahead of their debate on the subject

'Let Lancashire decide on fracking': politicians demand local control

The fracking wells at Preston New Road

Fracking: Companies could poll residents for consent in exchange for money

The Prime Minister said it was “very important” there was local community consent before fracking could go ahead (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

PM Liz Truss stumbles when asked if she knows anything about fracking site

Cat Smith.

‘Poker face lets me down’ jokes MP after Parliament fracking row

Cuadrilla hydraulic fracturing site at Preston New Road shale gas exploration site in Lancashire has remained closed since the 2019 ban. The Government has confirmed it is lifting the moratorium on fracking in England, arguing it will help bolster energy security following Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine.

Fracking return will 'send shockwaves through communities'

he Cuadrilla hydraulic fracturing site at Preston New Road shale gas exploration site in Lancashire. The Government has confirmed it is lifting the moratorium on fracking in England, arguing it will help bolster energy security following Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine.

Government lifts ban on fracking

Fracking and farming sat side-by-side on Preston New Road when drilling was allowed. Prime minister Liz Truss is expected to overturn the ban of extracting for shale gas this week, opening the way for a return to fracking in Lancashire.

Anti-fracking campaigners: "We're more determined than ever"

The former Preston New Road fracking site in Little Plumpton. Pictured is Tina Rothery.

Anti-frackers slam PM over “dangerous” decision to overturn ban

The fracking site in Preston New Road, Little Plumpton, near Blackpool. A ban on fracking in England has been lifted as the Government pushes for an increase in domestic energy production in the face of soaring bills.

Ban on fracking is lifted and what it means for Lancashire

Dame Emma Thompson takes part in an anti-fracking walk and silent protest at the Cuadrilla site in Preston New Road, Lancashire

Fracking could return to Lancashire as Downing Street hint ban could be lifted

An anti-fracking protester warning of the millions of gallons of water used by each well, outside energy firm Cuadrilla's site in Preston New Road, Little Plumpton in Lancashire. The site was the scene of much protest during the fracking process and police made several arrests over the years mainly of people blocking the site entrance or preventing lorries entering and thus causing traffic jams on the nearby road

Protests set to return to Lancashire if new Prime Minister brings back fracking

The fracking wells at Preston New Road

Liz Truss' pledge to bring back fracking to Lancashire is blasted by campaigners

The fracking site at Little Plumpton off the Preston New Road. The two gas flaring towers near the wellhead can still be seen in the security compound, but most of the other equipment has been removed from the site

Lancashire fracking company reports £38m loss

Police at Cuadrilla's Preston New Road fracking site keeping the way open for deliveries

Policing cost of the Lancashire fracking site almost reached £13m

An aerial view of the Cuadrilla shale gas extraction (fracking) site at Preston New Road, near Blackpool (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Fracking is over for the time being, says business minister
Business minister Kwasi Kwarteng has said fracking "for the time being is over" in the UK.
Iain Lynn

Friends of the Earths Jamie Peters with Tina Rothery, left and Julie Daniels from teh Lancashire Nanas

Anti-fracking group Friends of The Earth says the fracking halt was a victory fo...

The Cuadrilla frack site at Preston New Road

Cuadrilla plans 'goodwill' payments to locals at Preston New Road after earthqua...

Suttons Lane, Great Altcar near Formby (image: Google Streetview)

Fracking site visit before planners make a decision about West Lancashire develo...

Labour's Rebecca Long-Bailey at Preston New Road earlier this year

Fracking on hold as pressure grows for permanent halt following tremors

Francis Egan of Cuadrilla

Fracking firm boss in new call for safe limits to be raised

The fracking site at Preston New Road

‘Pro-fracking letter will mislead readers’

Natascha Engel

Fracking tsar quits 'impossible' role - and criticises 'loud environmental movem...

Cyclists near the Roseacre Wood fracking site

Village delight as bid to frack at second Fylde coast site ends

The fracking site at Preston New Road which was given the go-ahead after an appeal in 2016

Fracking: big bill for county even though it defended position at public inquiry

More people are now against fracking, a government poll has found

More people are now AGAINST fracking, new government survey suggests

A correspondent fears the car industry will be affected by Brexit

'Keep jobs in British motor industry safe'
This country has a vibrant and extensive automotive industry.
Clare Kelly

Fracking has to stop whenever a tremor of more than 0.5 is recorded on the Richter scale.

Fracking: call for inquiry defeated as county council praises safety monitoring

The earthquakes all took place around the circled area. Picture from Google maps

Fracking stopped by 'red event' off Preston New Road after seven earthquakes in ...

Fracking in Lancashire: This is how many and how big the earthquakes have been since fracking started

Fracking in Lancashire: This is how many and how big the earthquakes have been s...

Yellow circles show seismicity detected at Preston New Road. Red and blue squares show seismic stations installed by BGS and Liverpool University Liverpool University Monitoring Stations.

Fracking in Lancashire: Your questions answered about the seismic activity at th...

Where the recent earthquake took place. Picture from Google maps

Fracking stopped at Preston New Road after 'red event' earthquake

Workers at the Cuadrilla fracking site in Preston New Road, Little Plumpton, Lancashire

Fracking in Lancashire: When does seismic activity mean fracking has to stop?

The Preston New Road fracking site

Earthquake, tremor or seismic activity: what is happening at the Lancashire frac...

Fracking site

Fracking at site near Blackpool will restart this morning, operator Cuadrilla co...

Where the tremors took place in Blackpool yesterday. Picture from Google maps

FRACKING IN LANCASHIRE: FOUR earth tremors recorded in two days close to Cuadril...

Dame Vivienne Westwood and her son Jo Corre with banners she helped design at the Preston New Road fracking site near Little Plumpton

Fashion icon Dame Vivienne Westwood shows support for anti-fracking campaigners ...

The Preston New Road fracking site the day before fracking was due to start after a court injunction seeking to halt it was rejected

Fracking to begin in Lancashire today following delays due to Storm Callum

Here is everything we know so far following the announcement that fracking can start in Lancashire

Everything we know so far as Fracking is given the go-ahead in Lancashire

Protesters at the Preston New Road fracking site last year

LIVE: Fracking given the go-ahead

Cuadrilla's site near Blackpool

Government give Cuadrilla the go-ahead to start fracking at Lancashire site

The dried-up bed of the United Utilities owned Wayoh Reservoir in Edgworth, Bolton

Readers' letters - July 18

Cuadrilla's drilling rig at Little Plumpton.

Will locals have a say on future fracking plans?

Cuadrilla's drilling rig at Preston New Road

MPs committee says bid to speed up fracking is a "backward step"

A women's protest at the Preston New Road fracking site

Legal battle starts over fracking protest injunction bid

Emma Thompson gets a hug from anti-fracking campaigners at Cuadrilla's Preston New Road site as she visits to show support to women and to protest against fracking and its potential effects on climate change

Oscar winner Emma Thompson joins women's protest at fracking site

The cost of policing Cuadrilla's Preston New Road fracking site was almost 6m last year.

Fracking: Policing costs 'should be met nationally'

The drilling rig and huge green wall designed to reduce sound pollution in the neighbouring area at Cuadrilla's Preston New Road fracking site

First look inside Lancashire's controversial fracking site

Readers' letters - November 13

Police were called after protesters locked-on outside the site PIC: Ros Wills

Protesters lock-on at Preston New Road

Claire Stephenson

Campaigners' joy at Scotland fracking ban

Opponents of the technique claim it will harm the environment, but supporters say it is a beneficial source of energy

UK is 55 million years too late for fracking to work, says expert

North West trade unionists call for fracking ban

Two towers have been set up on the side of Preston New Road, near where Cuadrilla plans to drill for shale gas

Towers protest at Fylde fracking site

Readers' letters - February 20