Environment Agency under fire after claiming ‘Wrong rain’ led to West flooding | This is Somerset

The Environment Agency was on the end of a backlash yesterday after its chairman said much of the flooding problems still facing the West were because of a ‘new type’ of rain.

Furious West Somerset MP Ian Liddell-Grainger said the comment from former Labour minister Chris Smith, now Lord Smith the chairman of the Environment Agency, was ‘an insult’ to those battling floods and calling for investment in flood defences and action from the agency on the Somerset Levels. Full Story: Read More

JAW-DROPPING REPLICA OF TT LEGEND JOINS BRISTOL SHOW LINE-UP!

BikersA FAITHFUL replica of a racing machine so rare you’re never likely to see one in the flesh has been added to the line-up for Bristol’s biggest and best gathering of classic motorcycles. The Norton Domiracer 500cc, created by Chris Hawksley of Solo Motorcycle Products, joins two rare Moto Guzzi racers from the museum of ex-Grand Prix racer and trials legend Sammy Miller at the 33rd Carole Nash Bristol Classic Motorcycle Show on February 16-17. Full Story: Read More