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Patricia Martin, the group’s president and CEO since 2019, last month announced she would step down to examine opportunities in the private sector and urged industry leaders to take a fresh look at the organization.
Shelley W. Jones, 70, of Eden Mills, died at her home, Thursday, May 12, 2022.
It is getting wetter and the frequency of flooding is increasing. Advertiser weather watcher Derek Small who has been recording rainfall for more than half a century has confirmed that the climate is changing. The Environment Agency is responsible for rivers and flood defences in England and Wales. Decisions about the building of flood defences is calculated under rules that are set down by the Government. This is based around a formula that works out the cost benefit which involves working out how much the defence scheme will cost and a calculation of the economic benefit. For th...
IT is almost a year since the big flood hit Tenbury and Ludlow. Whilst there have been scares so far this winter has seen nothing like it but there is still time. There is no need for people living in the two towns or the surrounding area to be told that last year was wet but just how wet was it? The man with the answers is Derek Small, a farmer from Greete, who has been keeping is eye on the sky and checking his rain gauge and thermometer for more than 50 years. “Last year was one of the wettest since I started keeping records,” said Mr Small.