Weston's MP have welcomed the Environment Agency's decision to re-think plans to deliberately flood land in the area.

John Penrose - along with North Somerset MP Liam Fox and Bridgwater counterpart Ian Liddell-Grainger - had raised concerns about proposals to allow the sea to reclaim 'perfectly good local farmland' in Wick Saint Lawrence and Kingston Seymour.

The E-A want to improve flood defences, but have to offset that by creating habitats for marine wildlife.