The Telegraph has learned that the water industry has given the OK to fracking. Minister Michael Fallon is quoted as saying that all is therefore well with the technology (something that is obvious to anyone who has looked at it in an honest fashion).
The report also says that people across the south should expect fracking soon, although no evidence for this is provided. Given what shale gas company bosses said in Parliament last week I think this is extremely unlikely and is probably just a case of the headline writer getting overexcited.