BP rules out UK shale gas drilling – for now

BP has ruled itself out of drilling for shale gas in the UK, at least for now – indicating it fears its damaged safety record from the Gulf of Mexico spill would make it a target for protesters.

Fracking splits public opinion down the middle, poll finds

The site in west Sussex that has become the intense focus of the UK's fracking protests may never become a site of fossil fuel production, the company involved admitted on Tuesday night.