Plans to raise ground levels next to a flood defence wall in response to anti-social behaviour fears have been given the ...

Floods Minister Emma Hardy visited a flood defence in East Yorkshire to meet with local Environment Agency teams. It came after a government and Environment Agency announcement on new funding for ...

Two flood defence walls will be constructed in the Ironbridge Gorge thanks to a major Government investment to tackle the risk of flooding. Civic leaders in Telford have welcomed funding towards ...

The Environment Agency estimated the protection afforded by the flood defences they manage prevented more than £9bn of economic damage in 2020. Flood defence construction work along the banks of ...

Two permanent flood defence walls are to be installed in Ironbridge to protect vulnerable homes and businesses from the River Severn. Telford and Wrekin Council has been awarded £708,000 by the ...

A woman whose home was submerged during the New Year's Day flooding has called for urgent action to create new defences after the "soul-destroying" devastation of her home. Dawn Royds had to wade ...

Two constituencies in Northumberland have received Government grants of around £600,000 to improve flood defences. Hexham will receive £638,000 for four schemes, while North Northumberland will ...