With the Met Office issuing further weather warnings for more rain across the Midlands over the next few days, Severn Trent has said it is facing “significantly more incidents of flooding” than it would normally expect at this time of year.

The House of Commons Environment Food and Rural Affairs Committee will take evidence from Flood Re and the insurance industry on the affordability and availability of insurance for customers in flood risk areas and the impact of the government-backed Flood Re reinsurance scheme as part of its future flood prevention inquiry.

A flood alleviation project which doubles up as a wildlife haven in Ketley, Shropshire, was recently named a sustainability champion at the 2016 Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) West Midlands Awards.

The Land Registry is flagging up the ability to obtain flood risk reports on properties in England or Wales to get a percentage chance of a location flooding in any one year.

A key feature of the Highways England scheme to help tackle Lindal ‘dip’ flooding will be to install a large drain across the carriageway to funnel and channel away run-off water from the A590. Existing drainage will also be replaced with new kerb drains and gullies.

Climate change is fast becoming one of the most significant risks for World Heritage sites, according to a new report released by UNESCO, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS).