Guardian: Around 10 protesters from Greenpeace have erected a mock drilling rig outside Lancashire council hall, in protest at plans by energy company Cuadrilla to resume fracking in the county this autumn.
The action follows a similar stunt by the green group in March, when it set up a rig in the Cheshire constituency of the chancellor, George Osborne, who has been one of the most vocal backers of fracking for shale gas.
Liz Stanton, a Preston resident and Greenpeace supporter, told the Guardian that...