Guardian: The battle of Balcombe as it was instantly and inevitably dubbed has pitched police trying to ensure energy company Cuadrilla can drill an exploratory well outside a pretty, prosperous and hitherto sleepy West Sussex village against a coalition of protesters who fear the operation will lead to full-scale oil or gas production through the controversial process of fracking. The opposition alliance are a disparate bunch: Local residents According to a survey by Balcombe parish council last year,...