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Fracking - is it about big business or the bigger future?

Fracking for shale gas is to go ahead in England for the first time since a ban on the mining technique was lifted in 2012. Environmental groups say they'll do everything to try to get the decision overturned.

Strong views on both sides - do we have to put the UK's energy security first or should we be seriously worried about what is could mean for the environment, and about the views of local communities?

The government has said it is going "all out for shale" to boost energy security and the economy but the decision has gone ahead in North Yorkshire despite opposition from a huge majority of locals.

Fracking - is it about big business or the bigger future?