Residents fear fracking could be a step away in North Nottinghamshire

Residents are concerned that fracking could be only a step away in North Nottinghamshire if the go ahead is given for an energy firm to drill for shale gas in the area.

Tomorrow the county council meets to decide whether to grant permission for i-Gas to dig bore holes near the village of Misson.

The company says the application is only for exploratory work. But protestors fear that if that scheme is approved, fracking will follow as Adam Fowler reports: