Elderly tea-lady forcibly moved from her post

These pictures show the moment an elderly tea-lady was forcibly moved from her month-long post set up at a controversial fracking site by police.

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Great grandma Jackie Brookes, 79, set up shop at the Kirby Misperton site in Yorkshire where she provided provisions of tea and homemade cake to both protesters and police.

According to North Yorkshire Police, she and other people were moved this morning because of fears that a nearby ten-foot high tower made of wooden pallets might collapse and injure them. Find out more on the story in the video above.

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