Operations had to be halted on a number of occasions due to minor tremors

Fracking started at the Preston New Road site last October but operations were halted on numerous occasions due to minor tremors

It expects to restart hydraulic fracturing and test equipment in the third quarter of 2019

The government rejected the appeal because of concerns over lorry movements to the site

The company described the news as ‘significant and indicative of the potential of the shale’

Operations have been paused for 18 hours, during which seismicity levels will continue to be measured

It came just over a week after the company started the process at its site in Lancashire

Activists have been protesting since 4.30am this morning to stop the controversial work at Preston New Road

The High Court in London dismissed a last-minute request for an interim injunction by an environmental campaigner

It expects natural gas flow results in the first quarter of 2019