Blackpool. 16th. October 2018: Cuadrilla finally start fracking at their Preston New Road site after 7 years. Legal challenges and protests have contiually delayed Cuadrilla commencing their exploratory shale gas fracking tests at the site. Protests were carried out today as the anti-fracking protesters vow to continue to campaign to get fracking stopped in Britain. Several protesters locked on devices causing Preston New Road to be closed to traffic for part of the day. Credit: Dave Ellison/Alamy Live News

$Blackpool. 16th. October 2018: Cuadrilla finally start fracking at their Preston New Road site after 7 years. Legal challenges and protests have contiually delayed Cuadrilla commencing their exploratory shale gas fracking tests at the site. Protests were carried out today as the anti-fracking protesters vow to continue to campaign to get fracking stopped in Britain. Several protesters locked on devices causing Preston New Road to be closed to traffic for part of the day. Credit: Dave Ellison/Alamy Live News Stock Photo$

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The Cuadrilla exploratory shale gas site on Preston New Road near Blackpool finally starts the process of fracking despite continuous protests from environmental campaigners.

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