Fracking given green light in North Yorkshire

An application to frack for shale gas at a site in Kirby Misperton, near Pickering has been approved by North Yorkshire County Council.

Councillors meeting at County Hall in Northallerton voted seven to four in favour of proposal by Third Energy, paving way for first fracking in UK for five years.

Anti-fracking protestors were warned to stay within the law as the plans were debated.

After the decision around 200 protestors started chanting 'we shall overcome' outside County Hall.