Plans to build four wind turbines on the Somerset Levels have been rejected by Sedgemoor District Council.

Broadview Energy Limited had applied to build four 130m (426ft) turbines on land east of the M5 near Rooksbridge.

But councillors objected on the grounds of its visual effect on the landscape and its proximity to protected wildlife sites for birds.

The firm said the council failed to consider the UK's need to cut carbon emissions and improve energy security.