A growing number of extreme storms and heavy rainfall means more money is needed for flood defense, the UK government said.

Up to 1,000 projects will get funding, including £43 million for the Bridgwater tidal barrier flood defence scheme in ...

The money will go to protect some 52,000 properties with new flood barriers by March 2026 and a further 14,500 with repairs ...

More than £40m has been announced to protect thousands of homes and businesses in Somerset. Ministers confirmed the ...

Right now in Tenbury, the focus of frustration is a collapsed wall on Market Street, and that it is yet to be rebuilt, ...

A retired farmer has claimed that decades of no maintenance have led to a stretch of river becoming a “constant threat” to ...

More than £2.6 billion are set to be pumped into up to 1,000 flood defences across the country, including many projects in ...

In addition, to support rural communities impacted by flooding, more than £57 million has paid out to farmers impacted by severe weather between October 2023 and March 2024. The Farming Recovery fund ...

In its latest detailed assessment, the Environment Agency calculated 6.3 million homes across England were currently at risk ...

The Department for Food Environment and Rural Affairs (Defra) said a 'record' £2.65bilion package will see 52,000 properties ...

Environment secretary Steve Reed is spending an extra £200mn on England’s flood defences as he tries to shore up old and crumbling infrastructure after catastrophic flooding across parts of the ...