NATURE will continue to take its course along vast swathes of the Holderness coast for the next century under controversial new proposals.

Consultation started yesterday on a “no active intervention” policy for much of East Yorkshire’s fast crumbling coastline, outside settlements and towns which will continue to be defended.

The number two shoreline management plan – which cost more than £300,000 – draws strikingly similar conclusions to a report 10 years ago and has already attracted criticism from some local residents who say the money would have been better spent on helping those who face losing their homes. (more…)

The future of Cumbria’s Eskmeals firing range is in doubt because the only access road is in danger of being washed away.

The Ministry of Defence gun range, operated by QinetiQ, employs 82 people.

But the only access, from the A595 at Bootle in west Cumbria, is at risk from coastal erosion. (more…)