Farmers on the Yorkshire Coast could be facing a shortage of straw this winter.
Scarborough and Whitby MP, Sir Robert Goodwill, raised the issue in the House of Commons this week.
Mr Goodwill is a farmer himself with a family plot in Ryedale.
He asked the Secretary of State for the Environment, what the government is doing about the problem:
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It's not a political move, that's the claim from a Conservative councillor as North Yorkshire's local authority begins legal action against the Labour government.
A senior North Yorkshire Police Officer says the force have seen abandoned calls to 101 reduced to some of the lowest figures in the country.
The Seadogs return to Scarborough Sports Village, on Saturday.
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