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56 years ago today, 116 children were killed in the Aberfan Disaster. It remains a trauma from which south Wales Valleys towns have never truly…

Wild weather has caused many deaths and widespread destruction in Britain since 1950s

A FIRE brigade is urging people not to take risks in water amidst concerned about a potential influx of people getting into difficulty once lockdown measures are eased. As Prime Minister Boris Johnson is due to set out his roadmap out of lockdown today, which will eventually lead to more people mixing outdoors, new figures show a record number of deaths and injuries were caused by water emergencies in Durham and Darlington last year. Home Office data shows that in Durham and Darlington, one death and 11 injuries occurred in incidents where firefighters were called to flooding or other w...

The government is expected to take forward all twelve recommendations made in a landmark report on flood insurance, including four where local authorities will be required to play a significant role. In the independent review, commissioned by Whitehall in the aftermath of the 2019 South Yorkshire flooding, Aviva chief executive Amanda Blanc explored the extent to which people in the area were adequately protected by insurance. It has already led to a consultation, launched earlier this month, around changes designed to reduce insurance costs for households on low incomes. The proposed reforms...

ONE person died in Oxfordshire during flooding and other water emergencies, figures show.