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The easterly direction of Storm Babet made it more difficult to predict Suffolk MP and Environment Secretary Therese Coffey has told MPs.

The Environment Secretary has promised a ‘rapid review’ into the handling of Storm Babet.

Environment Secretary Therese Coffey told MPs experts had got forecasts of storms from the West "down to a fine art" - but Babet blew in from a different direction

Environment Secretary Therese Coffey said she was not planning to review the 32-year-old legislation, despite huge criticism of the 1991 Act from experts and animal charities

MPs were warned of the practical difficulties of neutering tens of thousands of the big, powerful animals after the Prime Minister vowed to ban the breed linked to a string of lethal attacks

A Cumbrian MP has triggered an emergency meeting to investigate a proposed American XL Bully dogs ban.

EXCLUSIVE: Victims of attacks since January 2020 include Bella-Rae Birch, a 17-month-old who was killed when her familys American Bully XL mauled her to death.

Sophie Coulthard, 39, who goes by Training Billy the Bully on social media, has a one-year-old dog called Billy who loves cuddles and has never growled.

Government officials stressed last night that by requiring all owners to get their bully dogs neutered, the breed would simply die out.

Dogs bought during lockdown may only now be starting to have behaviour problems, the RSPCA says.