Anti-fracking campaigners, who have been living at a protest camp set up close to the entrance of the IGas exploratory gas drilling site at Barton Moss, near Manchester, since November are awaiting a court decision as to whether they are to be evicted.
Anti-fracking protesters lie in the road chained to a mock coffin close to the Barton Moss exploration plant outside ManchesterGettyThe protests carry a stark messageReutersPolice and protesters at the gates of the Barton Moss exploration facilityGettyA police officer restrains a protester as lorries make their way into the Barton Moss siteGettyUnaware of tensions, a boy blows bubbles on his mother's knee next to a police cordonReutersThe IGas Energy exploratory gas drilling site at Barton MossReutersThe protest camp waits for a court eviction decisionReutersProtest sign takes aim at the prime minister, a key advocate of shale gasReutersAnti-fracking campaigners relax in their a tentGettyAnti-fracking campaigners and druids Lardon and Guinevere sit outside their caravan near the IGas siteGettyAn anti-fracking campaigner in a hessian maskGetty
