An application to carry fracking out in England for the first time in four years has been granted.
It comes after North Yorkshire County Council considered a bid by Third Energy to extract shale gas at a site near Kirby Misperton in Ryedale.
Hundreds of protestors had attended a meeting in Northallerton to protest against the proposal.
It was voted through by the council’s planning committee who voted 7-4 in favour.
