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Standing in a field close to the Somerset coast surrounded by her flock of sheep, Juliet Pankhurst shook her head. It doesn't make any sense," she said. They want to flood this land that has been farmed for generations. We've got great crested newts in the pond over there, water voles in the ditches, hares all over the place. They'll be lost."

Her partner, Mark Halliwell, shrugged. But they'll get their way - they always do. No matter what scheme they come up with."