It provoked a storm ... and led to the tiny village becoming central in the nationwide battle against fracking, with protesters carrying out ever-extreme measures to highlight their cause and try to prevent operations. The protesters' camp has long since been dismantled, as has the energy company's equipment ... and now Third Energy has dropped its plans completely. Here's a lookback in photos at the months when the 'battle' raged ...



11. The fracking fight
Local residents and anti-fracking protesters Julie Winship and Suzanne Rayment, of Kirby Misperton. | jpimedia

12. The fracking fight
January 2018, people outside York Magistrates Court in support of protesters who had been arrested at Kirby Misperton. | jpimedia
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