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Public Accounts Committee says Defra and Environment Agency lack clear picture on quality of defence measures

Submitting... And their report said: “Neither the Department nor the [Environment] Agency understand enough about the reasons for these investment patterns.” The Environment Agency estimates that 5.2m properties in England are at risk of flooding, and the Government has boosted investment in flood prevention to £5.6bn up to 2026/27. But the devastation caused by deluges of water have been seen as recently as last month when Storm Christoph put areas of York underwater. Storm Ciara hit Yorkshire in February last year, causing damage not seen since the Boxing Day floods of 2015. And the re...

A group of MPs have called for changes to regulations and planning policy to reduce the number of builds on flood plains. In a report released today, the

Judith Wright Lehman, 74, of Benton, died Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021, in Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Plains Twp. Born in Mineola, N.Y., to the late William and Catherine Wright, she lived most of her life in the Back Mountain and graduated from Dallas High School. After spending one year at Bryn Mawr College, she left to marry and have children, becoming a stay-at-home mom while settling in West Pittston. During motherhood, she realized her passion and became a foster mother to numerous children in Luzerne County. She loved and advocated for them as if they were her own because to ...

Mitchell College names interim VP Staff reports Mitchell College recently welcomed Marilyn Sutton-Haywood as its interim vice president of academic affairs, taking over the position from Catherine Wright, who retired in late December after a 40-year career at the college.  Sutton-Haywood will oversee several divisions of the college, including academics, student life, Living and Learning programs — including Thames at Mitchell, the Bentsen Learning Center and the Mystic Program — and the Children’s Learning Center.  She most recently served as dean of the division of liberal arts and ...