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Flood defences readied after two storms in two days

River levels are increasing in places, after storms Isha and Jocelyn brought more rain.

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Flood defence policy flawed, say MPs

Cross-party committee says government has not built enough new flood defences or properly maintained the old ones.

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Flood defences 'can't protect everyone' as maps show parts of North Wales most at risk

Flood defences 'can't protect everyone' as maps show parts of North Wales most at risk
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Flooding: Almost 300,000 properties in Wales at risk

Hundreds of thousands of properties are at risk of flooding in Wales and the number is set to rise.

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Natural Resources Wales: Keeping pace with climate change

Natural Resources Wales: Keeping pace with climate change
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Politics Live

people literally pulling out their own teeth. flood defences completely exposed, hundreds of thousands of children still out of school. his government appears blissfully uninterested in what is going on outside of the walls of westminster. does he realise how ludicrous it looks when he spends his time posting while britain is breaking —— boasting. i posting while britain is breaking -- boastint. ., posting while britain is breaking -- boastint. . ., , ., , boasting. i am glad he brought up our schools _ boasting. i am glad he brought up our schools because _ boasting. i am glad he brought up our schools because there - boasting. i am glad he brought up our schools because there is i boasting. i am glad he brought up i our schools because there is nothing more important than ensuring children get a world—class education and i'm pleased in spite of the labour party opposing every reform we made, our children are now the best readers in the western world. but he is right that attendance is important and that's why we are investing millions of pounds more to provide support for absent pupils and launched a national campaign just this week and doubled the number of attendants helps to support over 1000 of the most vulnerable schools. but i am surprised to hear him raise the

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BBC News at Six

than the record level, but it may not be enough in the future. in the old days, we used to put these temporary barriers up here, which used to take hours and hours to put uu — dave throup spent 20 years working for the environment agency and now lectures on climate change and flood prevention. the floods we're getting at the moment are getting more and more extreme. we've been within a half a metre to a metre of the top of all of the flood defences now. so it's only going to take that one big event and then we're going to see significant overtopping of all these flood defences. would you believe that the river has fallen by more than two and a half metres since its peak on friday? luckily, there's no cricket scheduled for a few months yet. the problem is, this is the second big flood this winter and if there's another storm, all this will happen again. worcester has always flooded. these pictures from 1963 to show how little has changed. but the floods are coming more often. we have nearly a0 years of detailed data. between 1986 and 2000, the height of the severn never rose by more than five metres.

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BBC News at Six

since then, it's happened more and more often. not everyone has flood defences. theyjust have to do what they can. this was ian last week... now, of course, - we can open the door. ..and this is him now. we survive. it'sjust getting more and more.. ..effort. worcester�*s that way. and back at nick's, after all the money he spent building the wall, was it worth it? yeah, absolutely. it was the right thing to do. it's proven to be the right thing to do. phil mackie, bbc news, worcestershire. it's the 80th anniversary of the d—day landings in france this year — a turning point in the second world war. one woman who is hoping to visit the beaches of normandy for the first time injune to pay her respects is 103—year—old christian lamb. she was an officer in the women's royal naval service — and herjob in london was to secretly map parts of the french coastline in advance of the attack — so allied troops would know exactly

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BBC News at Ten

more and more extreme. we've been within a half a metre to a metre of the top of all of the flood defences now. so it's only going to take that one big event and then we're going to see significant overtopping of all these flood defences. would you believe that the river has fallen by more than two and a half metres since its peak on friday? luckily, there's no cricket scheduled for a few months yet. the problem is, this is the second big flood this winter and if there's another storm, all this will happen again. worcester has always flooded. these pictures from 1963 to show how little has changed. but the floods are coming more often. we have nearly a0 years of detailed data. between 1986 and 2000, the height of the severn never rose by more than five metres. since then, it's happened more and more often. not everyone has flood defences. theyjust have to do what they can. this was ian last week... now, of course, - we can open the door. ..and this is him now. we survive. it'sjust getting more and more.. ..effort.

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we'll be hearing from others whose reputations were destroyed, and analyse how the new law might work. also tonight... after yesterday's dramatic storming of ecuador�*s tv station, we're on the ground as the president says the country is at war with ruthless drug gangs. this storm, which has turned ecuador from one of the safest nations in latin america to one of the most violent, has been brewing for years. the house cut off by last week's floods. we speak to the owner, to see how his homemade flood defences held up. and the sperm whales that organise themselves into clans — with distinctive cultures, and even dialects. and on newsnight at 7.30, we'll

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