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New projects across England to fund innovative ways to protect against flooding

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 29 March 2021 - Categories: Weekly stories
An image of a lake

Today we look at media coverage of our £150 million Flood and Coastal Resilience Innovation Programme.

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EFRA committee report on flooding

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 8 February 2021 - Categories: Weekly stories
A flood warning sign, on a closed country road next to water logged fields in the Avon Valley, Hampshire, England. Flooded after an extreme amount of rainfall at the start of 2014

Today we look at media coverage of an Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee report on flooding, which has called for better mental health support for people who suffer flooding and for a clearer plan on flood resilience.

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Blanket bog on BBC One’s Countryfile, and church bells to be used as flood warning system

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 25 February 2019 - Categories: Weekly stories
film crew at a blanket blog in Lancashire

We look at BBC Countryfile's coverage on protecting blanket bogs, as well as church bells in Devon becoming the first to be used as a flood warning system.

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