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The exposed pipe on Fen Road, Scarning.
- Credit: Lawrence Gould
A Norfolk family has expressed its frustration after taking matters into their own hands to combat dangerous flooding.
June Martin, 82, called her daughter and grandson for help on December 27, when floodwater threatened to leave her “marooned” at her property on Fen Road, Scarning, near Dereham.
Having registered her concerns to the county council for several years and seen no action taken, Ms Martin remembered that, more than 20 years ago, a clay pipe used to run from the road to a ditch behind it.
Ms Martin said: “It [the pipe’s opening] was smashed to pieces when somebody came along in a digger to clear out the grips. From that moment on, that portion of Fen Road would flood, even in moderate rain.”
Shoppers in face masks out in Norwich in the run up to Christmas
- Credit: Denise Bradley
Almost half of all Norfolk and Waveney neighbourhoods have infection rates of more than 500 per 100,000 people, with rates rising in more than two-thirds of the county.
A week into the country s third national lockdown, Public Health England data shows rates of infection in Norfolk climbing at county and neighbourhood level, while only one local authority saw its rate drop in the week up to January 6.
Norfolk’s overall rate of infections was 491 per 100,000 people for the week ending January 6 – up from 417 the week before. Suffolk’s rate was slightly higher, at 516.3, rising from 383.1 the previous week.