FOUR women have been charged following ongoing protests at a North Yorkshire fracking site.
The women, aged 39, 40, 54 and 66, were arrested on Wednesday at Kirby Misperton, and were charged overnight with wilfully obstructing the highway.
North Yorkshire Police said they have since been released, and will appear at York Magistrates Court in November.
A total of 24 people have been arrested at the site so far this month. Two were released with no further action, two accepted cautions, and the other 20 have been charged to court, for offences including obstructing the highway, assaulting a police officer and obstructing a police officer.
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