Work has now started to replace the Trash Screen at the corner of Allenby Road and Halam Hill Road. The council are taking away the existing vertical screen and digging out the ditch further to the next manhole which is on the corner of Allenby Road. A new graduated Trash Screen will then be installed…. Read more »
Drowning in money: the untold story of the crazy public spending that makes flooding inevitable
The Guardian – Tuesday 14th January 2014 http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/13/flooding-public-spending-britain-europe-policies-homes Includes interesting facts about the usefulness of trees in flood risk areas.
Fundraising Event in aid of Southwell Flood Mitigation
Fundraising Event in aid of Southwell Flood Mitigation.
You are invited to a Middle Eastern Mezze evening
at La Parisienne Cafe Restaurant, King Street, Southwell.
Thursday 20th February. 7 for 7.30
£20 per person
Multiple failures in flood response
Newark and Sherwood Homes has been accused of multiple failures over the way it handled the situation faced by elderly residents whose homes were flooded in Southwell in the summer. Mr Julian Hamilton, a Southwell town and district councillor, said on Monday that although there had initially been a good reaction to the problems faced… Read more »
George Monbiot on farming practice and flooding
We all know what’s gone wrong, or we think we do: not enough spending on flood defences. It’s true that the government’s cuts have exposed thousands of homes to greater risk, and that the cuts will become more dangerous as climate change kicks in. Read more
Flood defenders go back to nature to keep vulnerable homes dry
Experiments set up after floods of 2007 are exploring alternatives to costly concrete defences as funding dries up After the torrential rain of Christmas Eve, logs stacked outside Helen Webber and John Hesp’s thatched cottage were washed away down the lane. The rust-red river that surges past their 400-year-old home in the north Somerset village… Read more »
Newsletter ~ Edition 2
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Planning application on Beckett’s Field
It’s hard to believe that building work is still being considered here when the area was so badly flooded in July. There was evidence of flooding 60 metres into the field. The footbridge at the NW corner was ripped from its anchoring and lifted 4 feet or more into the air. SFF had been given… Read more »
National Flood Forum Bulletin – December 2013
Since the last bulletin, we’ve had ministerial visits, the launch of the Property Protection Advisor and, as I write, we’ve just had the major storm that happened across the country, particularly along the East Coast. Download National Flood Forum – December 2013 – Bulletin