A leading Norfolk coastal campaigner says the county’s cause has been helped through brief encounters with senior government and opposition ministers on successive days.

Today Malcolm Kerby had a fleeting meeting with Conservative shadow environment secretary Nick Herbert during the MP’s flying visit to Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex for a fact-finding tour about coastal defences.

And yesterday he had a 45-minute session with Defra environment minister Hugh Irranca-Davies in London, to discuss funding issues. (more…)