MPs are to debate a new law preventing controversial giant electrical pylons being built through the North Somerset countryside.

National Grid want to construct a series of pylons from Hinkley Point all the way up to Avonmouth, and many residents from villages along the way have complained.

Lib Dem MP Tessa Munt has won a ballot to raise the issue, also backed by Defence Secretary Liam Fox and Weston MP John Penrose, in the House of Commons today.