:00:14. > :00:16.Police had to intervene at an anti-fracking protest
:00:17. > :00:22.Dozens of people broke through barriers and gained access
:00:23. > :00:24.to a site in Little Plumpton being prepared for
:00:25. > :00:27.Police say those involved were largely thought to be
:00:28. > :00:29.from outside the area and not from local protest groups.
:00:30. > :00:32.A protest against fracking in Lancashire and a rally
:00:33. > :00:36.campaigners say which is evidence of support from across the country.
:00:37. > :00:42.Today, at least 400 people gathered close to Cuadrilla's operation
:00:43. > :00:49.This is not just a local protest, you know, this is at the cutting
:00:50. > :00:58.The international protest movement against fracking.
:00:59. > :01:00.The company has previously said drilling would start
:01:01. > :01:02.in the spring on the UK's first horizontal fracking site.
:01:03. > :01:05.But in recent weeks, there have been a number of incidents
:01:06. > :01:08.near the Preston New Road site and arrests.
:01:09. > :01:13.Direct action can be a protest outside the supply with a placard.
:01:14. > :01:17.I have not actually seen anything that is particularly ugly.
:01:18. > :01:20.The government decision last October to allow fracking at the site
:01:21. > :01:23.Campaigners will mount a legal challenge next month.
:01:24. > :01:25.We believe the decision to overrule Lancashire County Council
:01:26. > :01:28.was fundamentally flawed and it is a very dangerous position
:01:29. > :01:39.Later, around 250 people performed what they called a water blessing
:01:40. > :01:41.outside the fracking site, but at least 30 people
:01:42. > :02:17.Our local communities and our vitally important tourist
:02:18. > :02:19.eceonomy will lose out with this disgraceful behaviour and, you know,
:02:20. > :02:23.I am all for peaceful protests, but the time has come to say no.
:02:24. > :02:25.Lancashire Police also prevented protesters from getting close
:02:26. > :02:28.But they have said that the group involved earlier were not
:02:29. > :02:32.No arrests were made but an investigation is under way.
:02:33. > :02:35.Yunus Mulla, North West Tonight, Little Plumpton.
:02:36. > :02:37.Police investigating the escape of convicted murderer Shaun Walmsley
:02:38. > :02:39.in Liverpool are continuing to question a 25-year-old man.
:02:40. > :02:43.He's the third person to be arrested and is being held on suspicion
:02:44. > :02:46.Shaun Walmsley fled from outside Aintree University
:02:47. > :02:49.Detectives are working with police forces across the UK
:02:50. > :02:51.and abroad to find him, and they're reminding the public
:02:52. > :02:58.A torchlit march is about to take place in Manchester
:02:59. > :03:01.city centre to protest against government funding cuts.
:03:02. > :03:04.It's being led by city councillor Pat Karney and is expected to be
:03:05. > :03:06.supported by thousands of teachers, social care workers and charities.
:03:07. > :03:15.The council needs to save ?30 million over the next three years.
:03:16. > :03:18.Four rare tortoises, rescued from smugglers
:03:19. > :03:20.and handed to Chester Zoo, have gone on show for
:03:21. > :03:24.The ploughshare tortoises were confiscated by customs
:03:25. > :03:28.Experts from the zoo want to raise awareness
:03:29. > :03:35.Sport now, and in the Premier League, Everton stretched
:03:36. > :03:37.their unbeaten league run to nine games with a 2-0 victory
:03:38. > :03:44.And in rugby union's Premiership, Sale have been beaten
:03:45. > :03:51.Let's have a look at the weather forecast with Rebecca Wood.
:03:52. > :03:54.Well, it has certainly been a windy day today.
:03:55. > :03:56.We saw gusts of wind at 36 miles an hour along
:03:57. > :03:59.the coast in Lancashire, and across Cumbria, 42 mph.
:04:00. > :04:02.Now, as we head through the next few days, we are going to continue
:04:03. > :04:04.to see that breeze rippling through and bringing
:04:05. > :04:10.We have got quite a few lined up out to the West,
:04:11. > :04:13.the first two moving through tonight and then we will see a second one
:04:14. > :04:16.pushing in as we head through to the start
:04:17. > :04:22.It will steadily start to work its way eastwards.
:04:23. > :04:24.Behind that, we will see things drying up for a time,
:04:25. > :04:27.although a few showers are still possible with temperatures
:04:28. > :04:28.overnight holding up between six and eight Celsius.
:04:29. > :04:31.So, we start the day tomorrow still on a mild note
:04:32. > :04:34.and we will have plenty of cloud, then we start to get that rain
:04:35. > :04:39.Again, some heavy pulses and along the coast we are likely to see
:04:40. > :04:41.some really strong gusts of wind once again.
:04:42. > :04:44.Temperatures still managing to make it up into double figures.
:04:45. > :04:47.So it is staying mild, even though it is wet and windy,
:04:48. > :04:49.but colder as we begin the new working week with some
:04:50. > :05:03.Take care if you are out and about in those conditions tonight. Join us
:05:04. > :05:12.again tomorrow. Have a lovely evening. Goodbye.
:05:13. > :05:21.Good evening. Starting with a quick look at the satellite sequence from
:05:22. > :05:25.earlier. We started under a big blanket of cloud but Scotland and
:05:26. > :05:29.Northern Ireland brightened up as the day went off. Underneath the
:05:30. > :05:34.cloud in England and Wales, quite a bit of rain at the moment, drifting
:05:35. > :05:38.southwards and East. It will continue to do so. In the small
:05:39. > :05:42.hours the rain will become patchy, and most will give way to the
:05:43. > :05:46.continent. There will be some breaks, particularly to the East of
:05:47. > :05:51.Scotland, where there could be a touch of frost. Next batch of rain
:05:52. > :05:53.into the western side of Scotland first thing, moving east with a
:05:54. > :05:55.little snow