Bridgwater tidal barrier progress

The flood defence scheme came one step closer today with a major milestone being met in the form of a Transport Works Act Order (TWAO) submission.




Driving complacency: 74% of drivers would risk life in flood water

With further wet weather expected, Environment Agency and the AA urge drivers to stay away from flood water this winter.




Hopkins Estates prosecuted for illegal riverbank work in Somerset

Developer fined for digging new pond without permission and dumping soil on water vole burrows.




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Severn Trent Water sewage pollution leads to charity donation

Severn Trent Water Ltd has paid £226,000 to the Trent Rivers Trust following a sewage pollution which caused the death of over 2,000 fish.