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| Kirby Misperton fracking: Protesters arrested as equipment arrives | |
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| Specialist equipment has started arriving at a shale gas fracking site in North Yorkshire amid protests and arrests. | Specialist equipment has started arriving at a shale gas fracking site in North Yorkshire amid protests and arrests. |
| Third Energy was granted planning permission for the fracking site at Kirby Misperton in May 2016. | Third Energy was granted planning permission for the fracking site at Kirby Misperton in May 2016. |
| About 60 protesters gathered at the entrance. Two men, 33 and 69, were arrested for obstruction. | |
| The company has not received final consent to begin fracking but expects to start before the end of the year. | |
| Read more about this and other stories from York and North Yorkshire | Read more about this and other stories from York and North Yorkshire |
| Devices to erect noise barriers were among the equipment being transported earlier, before the company starts hydraulic fracturing. | Devices to erect noise barriers were among the equipment being transported earlier, before the company starts hydraulic fracturing. |
| Supt Alisdair Dey, of North Yorkshire Police, said the force would act impartially in dealing with protests at the site. | |
| "We have a duty to make sure that people who want to assemble and protest do so safely, balanced against a duty to ensure that businesses can go about their lawful commercial activity," he said. | |
| Last week North Yorkshire County Council agreed planning conditions for the work to begin. | Last week North Yorkshire County Council agreed planning conditions for the work to begin. |
| Since then protestors have tried to stop maintenance vehicles entering the site during stand-offs with police. | Since then protestors have tried to stop maintenance vehicles entering the site during stand-offs with police. |
| Several were moved away from the site entrance on Monday while a generator was delivered. | Several were moved away from the site entrance on Monday while a generator was delivered. |
| Fracking is the process of drilling down into the earth before a high-pressure water mixture is directed at rock to release the gas inside. | Fracking is the process of drilling down into the earth before a high-pressure water mixture is directed at rock to release the gas inside. |
| Opponents say it can cause water contamination, earthquakes and noise and traffic pollution. | Opponents say it can cause water contamination, earthquakes and noise and traffic pollution. |
| Kirby Misperton, between Malton and Pickering, is due to be the first UK site to carry out the technique since a ban was lifted in 2012, the BBC understands. | Kirby Misperton, between Malton and Pickering, is due to be the first UK site to carry out the technique since a ban was lifted in 2012, the BBC understands. |
| Third Energy has said it has been operating safely for 20 years in the area and, left alone, it would continue to do so. | Third Energy has said it has been operating safely for 20 years in the area and, left alone, it would continue to do so. |
| Protesters have already lost a legal challenge against North Yorkshire County Council's decision to grant planning permission at the site, but have vowed to continue to oppose it. | Protesters have already lost a legal challenge against North Yorkshire County Council's decision to grant planning permission at the site, but have vowed to continue to oppose it. |
| A number have been camped out close to the site for more than eight months. | A number have been camped out close to the site for more than eight months. |