Fracking paused at Lancashire site after tremors

Cuadrilla has paused fracking at its Preston New Road site in Lancashire after what it describes as a "series of micro-seismic events".The firm said in a statement that a "series of micro-seismic events" in Blackpool were recorded by the British Geological Survey on Friday.The largest of those was a magnitude of 0.9 tremor at about 2pm, while workers were hydraulically fracturing at the site in Little Plumpton near Blackpool.