Wingatewire: North Yorkshire County Councillors approved a shale gas fracking application from Third Energy yesterday - marking the first time that a fracking bid has been greenlighted in the United Kingdom since 2011.
People living close to a proposed fracking operation in North Yorkshire have told councillors they do not want to be the first community in the United Kingdom to allow the controversial gas extraction technique.
Hundreds of anti-fracking protestors are expected to gather outside the council...