More than £½m has been pledged towards flood defence schemes in Southwell by Nottinghamshire County Council. At a meeting of the council’s transport and highways committee, councillors approved plans to bid for money towards flood defences from the government and for the council to make a contribution towards schemes. Mr Bruce Laughton, Southwell’s county councillor,… Read more »
Public Meeting 10th April 2014
Photos from the Southwell Flood Forum public meeting on 18th April 2014 at the Minster School.
£730K to work out how to build on Lincoln flood site
Officials are setting aside £730,000 to start working out the best way of building up to 3,000 homes in Lincoln’s flood-prone Swanpool. Read more here
National Flood Forum Bulletin – April 2014
In this edition, we are keeping it short and sweet and including: a small BIG thank you for the monetary donations received recently, a note from the Chief Executive on some of our work with Chester University, your voice on issues including dredging and budgets cuts, a welcome to our new staff, and information about… Read more »
Bang Goes the Theory – Flooding
Tonight’s episode of Bang Goes the Theory on the BBC (Series 8, ep 6) was all about flooding. Did global warming play a part in the recent floods, or is it the extreme end of the natural cycle? Maggie Philbin investigates the threat of storm surge. Watch it on BBC iPlayer…
Flood group asks residents to raise £125k to protect homes
RESIDENTS of one of Nottinghamshire’s most historic towns have been urged to dip into their own pockets to persuade the Government that it should fund a scheme to prevent catastrophic floods happening again. Around 240 homes were flooded when Southwell was hit by 80mm of rainfall in less than two hours on the evening of… Read more »
Fundraising Update – April
75 people came to the Coffee Morning held at the Old Vicarage Boutique Hotel on day of the meeting. The proprietor, Susanne Fitzpatrick, made everyone welcome with coffee,tea and home made bicuits so that all proceeds went directly to the Flood Fund. A big thank you to, Minster Gift-ware, Healthwell, Poppy Design, The Hen House,… Read more »
Residents view flooding model
More than 150 people attended a public meeting tonight to see a computer model which demonstrated how Southwell was affected by flooding in July. The meeting at The Minster School, Southwell, was organised by Southwell Flood Forum to discuss what progress had been made since the flooding in the town and the next steps towards… Read more »
Work together for flood solution
Residents will have their chance to be part of the solution to flooding issues facing Southwell at a meeting tonight. Consultants URS have been working alongside Southwell Flood Forum and other organisations to create a flooding model and come up with potential solutions since the town was badly affected heavy rain in July. Residents are… Read more »
Computer model to help stop freak flash flooding
People in Southwell in Nottinghamshire will get their first view of a flood model designed to help protect the town after freak flash floods last summer. A month’s rain fell during the flash flooding when 56mm was recorded across Nottingham in 3 hours. The computer-generated model will be shown at a public meeting tonight. It’s… Read more »
