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Labour MP urges Gov to take wildfire threat more seriously

Scarborough and Whitby MP Alison Hume says damage caused by last year's North Yorkshire blaze must not be allowed to happen again

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More than 5,000 acres of land was destroyed in last year's wildfires
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More than 5,000 acres of land was destroyed in last year's wildfires

A Labour MP is urging the Government to take the threat of wildfires as seriously as that of flooding after 5,000 acres of moorland was destroyed in North Yorkshire last summer. Scarborough and Whitby...

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