£800 million for flood Prevention Announced

Update: After the floods - Hull struggles with interest rate rises "Gordon Brown has promised to increase funding for flood prevention from £600 million to £800 million. Speaking during today's Prime Minister's Questions, he said: "To increase the flood prevention...

Overhaul of Flood Defences Urged

The environment agency are right in asking for advanced thorough flood planning defences. Resources need to be made available to tackle the future in a joined up multi tasked master plan. "Flood defences need to...

Doncaster Mayor in Embarrassing Climbdown

There are calls for the resignation of Doncaster's mayor, Martin Winter, after his failure to have an enquiry into the council's former managing director, Susan Law, reopened. Full story

Husband-to-be and honours graduate who died saving drifter

. . . follow-up to tragic story about two Irish men who had everything to live for but died saving the life of an English man who walked on his family ten years ago to travel and odd-job his way round the UK - where "home" was once a bail hostel - and Europe....

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