Lancashire County Council and local residents said NO to fracking. The government overturned that decision and allowed fracking firm Cuadrilla to drill at a site on Preston New Road near Blackpool. Now local residents, councillors and concerned citizens are taking direct action to stop this dirty industry from polluting our land and water.
Part 1: Farmers Against Fracking - banquet blockade on Fri 21 July (2mins)
Part 2: Lock-on in Torrential Rain - Thu 20 July (3mins)
Part 3: Security guard locks-on with Fracking activists - 5 Yorkshire women jumped on a bus to blockade Cuadrilla’s fracking site and are joined by an unlikely 'ally' on Wed 19 July (4mins)
Part 4: Activists blocked the entrance to Preston New road fracking site in support of an Italian community resisting a gas pipeline in Southern Italy and to resist gas expansion everywhere on Tue 18 July (8mins)
Further viewing: Councilors Take Direct Action Against Fracking, "You've Left Us No Choice"