Contrary to what The National and Telegraph are reporting, I understand that Ed Miliband has taken NO decision yet on implementing Labour's policy of a ban on licences for new North Sea oil and gas fields. It's still the policy. It just hasn't been delivered yet.

The @MetOffice has issued a yellow weather warning for thunderstorms and torrential downpours across much of Devon and Cornwall this afternoon: metoffice.gov.uk/weather/warnin… #WestDevonWx

Some heavy rain has bypassed us, but the south coast of #Kernow has already experienced plenty of the forecast torrential rain and thunderstorms. ⛈️ #WestDevonWx

Meet your new Defra Ministerial team: Steve Reed MP - Secretary of State Daniel Zeichner - Food Security and Rural Affairs Emma Hardy MP - Water and Flooding Mary Creagh CBE MP - Nature Sue Hayman - Biosecurity, Borders and Animal Welfare

Louise Haigh Will hold you to this re bus services in #NorthDevon where '000a trapped in rural villages without access to any form of #PublicTransport. Hope to see you working closely with Stagecoach Group and Stagecoach SouthWest to end this outrageous state of affairs. North Devon Gazette West Devon Info 🌐.

Today, we've published a series of commitments that Thames Water will agree to comply with after it lost two investment grade credit ratings; something all water companies must maintain as part of their licence to operate. 1/

this was a fun story. emails show a days-long dispute between an environment minister and the environment agency CEO over whether they should publish some really bad sewage data unearthed.greenpeace.org/2024/08/07/def…

'Do not swim' warning issued on Exmouth beach after sewage pipe bursts itv.com/news/westcount…

#StormLilian has been named and is forecast to bring strong winds and heavy rain to parts of the UK tonight and on Friday morning Stay #weatheraware

🚍🚍 #BusesBusesBuses Excellent - and now Louise Haigh Department for Transport needs to begin to end the obscenity of the rural bus scandal where '000s citizens across the country don't even have a daytime bus/just *one bus a week* >Ian Roome MP 🔶 North Devon Gazette West Devon Info 🌐 Matt Edwards 🟢

The @MetOffice has issued a series of yellow weather warning for heavy rain across Devon and Cornwall, from this evening until midnight on Friday! metoffice.gov.uk/weather/warnin… "Heavy rain may lead to some travel disruption and flooding." #WestDevonWx

The @MetOffice has issued another yellow weather warning for heavy rain across Devon and Cornwall West-Devon.info/2024/09/septem… "Areas of heavy, possibly thundery rain may cause #flooding and disruption... on Saturday night and Sunday" Not forgetting #SewagePollution! #WestDevonWx

MPs have voted for the government's proposed changes to winter fuel allowances by a majority of 120. NO: 348 AYE: 228

Perhaps Mel Stride should look to his conscience?

So Tory Defra said my story from last year of the farming budget underspend was “categorically untrue” (and told those following it up that I’d written a false story!). Now the figures have been officially released and Whaddaya know my story was correct amp.theguardian.com/environment/20…