The Met Office has issued a yellow warning of further outbreaks of heavy, thundery rain for the South West during Thursday and Friday (3rd and 4th October). It has warned the public of the risk of flooding.
The Met Office reports: "Further outbreaks of heavy, thundery, rain will spread from the south during Thursday and overnight into Friday with the potential for some torrential...
The Law Society of England and Wales has produced a practice note to help solicitors protect clients from flood risk, increasingly a concern for those owning or occupying property and those looking to buy property in flood prone areas.
The Environment Agency estimates that one in six homes in England are at risk from flooding with land increasingly at risk from different types of...
The Parliamentary Under Secretary for Transport, Norman Baker, MP has told Council leader Tudor Evans he recognises the need to secure improvements to the peninsula rail network as a matter of urgency.
The Council Leader met the Minister in Westminster on Thursday (25 April) to reiterate the importance of measures to ensure the region's rail network can withstand further flooding, bad...
Over five million people are at risk from the devastating effects of flooding in the UK, with thousands of properties at risk in the South West. And the Environment Agency is looking for enthusiastic people to advise on the management of flood risk throughout the South West and make a real difference to people’s lives and to the environment we live in.
Local flood defence schemes across the South West have received a boost of £721,000 after the Environment Agency’s South West Regional Flood and Coastal Committee (RFCC) agreed to increase funding by 20 per cent.
The Committee, which is made up of local authority representatives from across Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, agreed to contribute £721,000 to reduce flood risk in...
