Tensions rise at fracking site in UK after police and activists clashes
by Josh Halliday North of England correspondent from Environment | The Guardian on (#2WZQT)
Scuffles and accusations of aggression increase at Cuadrilla's Preston New Road shale gas exploration site near Blackpool
Tensions at Britain's most high-profile fracking site have risen after an increase in violent clashes between protesters, security guards and police. One demonstrator said she had been left unconscious after a "pretty brutal" scuffle with security officers on Wednesday, and another activist fell from his wheelchair, the same day, when police officers pulled him out of the way of a 40-tonne lorry.
Both protesters said they planned to report the incidents that had occurred at energy firm Cuadrilla's Preston New Road site, near Blackpool, to Lancashire police.
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