There is no fracking going on here in Balcombe in West Sussex, but Cuadrilla does have planning permission to start exploratory drilling.
The company held a public meeting about that earlier this year and they had a very rough ride indeed.
The village sign in Balcombe, West Sussex where exploratory drilling is due to begin Credit: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire
Energy Secretary Ed Davey has said that the best scientific advice suggests that fracking can be carried out safely, but only if it is regulated properly.
But he also said that it should only go ahead if the public are confident it is safe.
The people I have spoken to this morning suggest that Ed Davey and the Government have a long way to go to convince people that fracking can be done safely.
Competitors make a splash in annual Arundel Bathtub Race
Competitors dressed as Thunderbirds take part in the annual Arundel Bathtub Race, Arundel, West Sussex. Credit: PA
Competitors have taken part in the annual Arundel Bathtub Race in Arundel in West Sussex.
The baths were launched by crane down a slipway made from scaffold boards, then tied up at the bottom of a set of concrete steps leading from a patio area down to the river.
Competitors take part in the annual Arundel Bathtub Race, Arundel, West Sussex. Credit: PACompetitors take part in the annual Arundel Bathtub Race, Arundel, West Sussex. Credit: PA
The race headed up river in a northerly direction, before turning around a buoy and returning to the starting point. The race kicked off just before high water, so the first half was with the tide and there was little water movement.
Competitors take part in the annual Arundel Bathtub Race, Arundel, West Sussex. Credit: PA
After nominal costs, entry fees, other funds raised will go to the Chestnut Tree House children’s hospice in Poling near Arundel, which cares for life-limited children and their families and receives no funding other than donations.
The family of a Danish tourist murdered while visiting the UK have spoken of their difficulty in coming to terms with their loss as a man appeared in court in connection with his death.
Kayden Smith, 27, of Belmont Close, Hassocks, has appeared before Haywards Heath Magistrates' Court charged with the murder of Jan Jensen.
The 52-year-old tattoo artist, from Aalborg, Denmark, had been visiting the UK and had recently become friends with Smith.
He was found dead by police at a flat in Belmont Close, Hassocks, West Sussex, on Thursday afternoon.
A post-mortem examination revealed that Mr Jensen died of a stab wound to the chest.
An Air Ambulance pictured at West Wittering beach in Sussex on Saturday. Credit: Eddie Mitchell for ITV Meridian
Police have described the tragic circumstances of a man who died on West Wittering beach near Portsmouth on Saturday.
Sussex Police said a 32-year-old man from Surrey entered the water as a five-year old girl not known to him was being carried away from the beach by the tide.
The man was able to reach the child and pass her on to another woman who carried the child safely back to her family on the shore.
Tragically the man was unable to reach the shore himself and was recovered unconscious from the water by others at the scene who were subsequently unable to resuscitate him.
Earlier reports said the man was 25 years old. Police have since corrected his age.
