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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...

Boris Suggests UK Might Not Return to Tiers After Lockdown 2 Feb 2021 Prime Minister Boris Johnson has suggested that England will not return to the tiers system at the end of its third lockdown because the infectious nature of the new coronavirus strain renders the system redundant, and over reported concerns of the economic recovery of some areas of the country. “It may be that a national approach, going down the tiers in a national way, might be better this time round, given that the disease is behaving much more nationally,” said Prime Minister Johnson said during a visit of a vaccina...

22 Jan 2021 The British government continues to avoid giving a deadline to the end of England’s third lockdown, with Prime Minister Boris Johnson saying it is “too early to say” if restrictions could even begin to be lifted by Spring. Asked by the BBC on Thursday whether shutdown could be lifted by the next season, Mr Johnson said: “I think it’s too early to say when we will lift some of the restrictions.” He added that “we’re looking at that February the 15th deadline”, by which time the government has committed to vaccinating the elderly, vulnerable, and frontline medical...

'Forbiddingly high' infection rate may prolong lockdown, warns PM Save Follow The UK's "forbiddingly high" infection rate may keep the country in lockdown for longer than planned, Boris Johnson has suggested, as he faced calls from his party to set out a road map to freedom. The Prime Minister sounded downbeat at a press conference on Friday afternoon, as he promised restrictions would only be eased when it was safe to do so. As a caucus of frustrated Tories called for restrictions to be eased as more people are vaccinated, Mr Johnson warned: "We want to do everything we can to open up, but o...

Hundreds of Homes Evacuated Overnight as Storm Christoph Sweeps the UK Hundreds of homes were evacuated overnight as Storm Christoph caused extensive flooding in parts of Manchester and Merseyside in England’s North West, and areas of North Wales. Homes were evacuated in Manchester’s Didsbury and Northenden areas as well as in Ruthin and Bangor-on-Dee in North Wales, and in Maghull in Merseyside, the BBC reported on Thursday. While visiting Didsbury amid the crisis Prime Minister Boris Johnson said “Hundreds of people got notice to leave their homes because of the risk of flooding from ...