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Ponteland Flood Alleviation Scheme is the first project to get off the ground out of the 22 flood defence projects to benefit from a government funding boost.
The Environment Agency has improved the free flood warning system and is now able to offer the communities of Upton-upon-Severn and Leominster better information about flooding.
A project designed to implement natural flood risk management (NFM), techniques for communities that lie within the catchment of the River Irwell will commence in the coming weeks.
The Environment Agency have conducted a crayfish rescue as part of their regular gravel removal works on the River Kent in Kendal to reduce flood risk to the town
A £90,000 project to repair the flood assets at Hampton Bishop in Herefordshire that were damaged in the February floods is now underway.
Gravel and debris are being removed from rivers in Malinbridge and Hillsborough to help reduce the risk of flooding in Sheffield
A consultation has been launched about plans for a flood storage area at Castlehill to reduce flood risk to homes and businesses
The Environment Agency has installed an electronic flood warning sign in Rothbury, Northumberland, which will tell people when the flood gates will be closed.
The government will immediately accept 12 recommendations from an independent review into responsibilities around surface water flooding
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
GAD has analysed the first Quinquennial Review of the reinsurance company Flood Re, which is a joint initiative between the insurance industry and the government.
New eight week consultation launched on giving bathing water status to an area of the River Wharfe in Ilkley
Richmond MP Rishi Sunak visited Stokesley on Friday 31 July to learn more about the town’s new £3.7m Flood Alleviation Scheme.
Business owners and residents are invited to have their say on the proposed works for Phase two of the scheme as part of this consultation.
Environment Agency work to survey and repair the flood wall in Hereford which was damaged in the October 2019 and February 2020 floods is now underway.
The Skirting Beck and Whangs Beck Flood Risk Management Scheme in Egremont will reduce the flood risk to 220 residential and business properties, improve the local environment and community amenities.
A new concourse near the library in Burton has been opened for public use by the Environment Agency as part of the town’s £30 million flood defence project.
Construction begins on multi-million pound flood scheme in Middlesbrough that will provide improved protection to 485 homes.
The work has seen 400,000 cubic metres of sand replaced on Lincolnshire beaches.
The Environment Agency is holding a virtual public meeting on plans to better protect properties from flooding in the Marygate area of York.
The Environment Agency has started works to repair a 40 metre slip on a flood defence embankment in Doncaster, which was damaged by last November’s floods.
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