Mid Sussex Times: Bianca Jagger joins fracking demo at Balcombe

The 68-year-old (pictured) former actress visited the Cuadrilla Resources site where protesters have gathered and camped overnight since Thursday.

Bianca is now a social and human right advocate and currently serves as a Council of Europe Goodwill Ambassador, and is founder and chair of the Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation. She is listed on Wikipedia as having been honoured with numerous awards for her human rights activities.

According to Wikipedia, in October 2010 she spoke at the Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas 2010 world conference on moving beyond petroleum and “Crimes against Present and Future Generations”.

In June 2012, Jagger, along with the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Airbus launched an online campaign called Plant a Pledge initiative to restore 150 million hectares of forest around the world by 2020.

Lorries delivering equipment for a test drill rig to the Cuadrilla site on the B2036 between Balcombe and Cuckfield finally gained access on Friday and Saturday after more than 24 hours delay.

They were escorted on to the site by rows of police officers marching in lines either side of the vehicles, leading to allegations of heavy-handedness.  MORE