Sedgemoor Council is calling on the body examining plans for a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point to hold a dedicated hearing into the impact on Bridgwater.

A meeting of their crutiny committee yesterday looked at a new study which has found EDF Energy’s transport plans have ‘significant limitations’.

The council says it would now be impossible to complete a Bridgwater bypass in time because 'EDF hasn't completed the necessary technical work at an early enough stage'.