Students learn about Beer Wall flood protection
Geography pupils at Huish Episcopi Academy visit a major Somerset Levels flood protection scheme.
‘Delight’ as ring banks give Thorney extra flood protection
The lorries have left, the grass has been seeded, and two ring bank flood protection schemes for the village of Thorney on the Somerset Levels are complete.
Muchelney villagers celebrate ‘momentous’ opening of raised road
"The opening of the raised road in and out of Muchelney was a momentous occasion for the residents. We are no longer an island."
County council backs creation of Somerset Rivers Authority
The vision of creating a Somerset Rivers Authority to oversee Somerset’s Flood Action Plan was today backed by Somerset County Council’s Cabinet (12 November, 2014).
Full steam ahead for Thorney flood protection work
Work has begun on a new ring bank for Thorney on the Somerset Levels, a hamlet badly hit by the floods of winter 2013-14.