The Environment Agency has launched a consultation on its proposals for a new £16 million flood alleviation scheme for Tadcaster. 

The Environment Agency has been progressing its £1 million project to install a gantry at Taplow Weir on the Jubilee flood relief channel which helps protect 3,200 properties in Maidenhead, Windsor, Eton and Cookham should the River Thames flood.

The Environment Agency is progressing work on the £28.5 million Holderness Drain Flood Alleviation Scheme in East Hull with the creation of a new “aquagreen” which will see thousands of trees planted as part of the flood defence project.

The Environment Agency has been given the green light for its planning application for a flood risk management scheme to protect Beales Corner in Bewdley, Worcestershire from flooding.

The Environment Agency is carrying out pre-construction work for a £1.8 million flood alleviation scheme in Severn Stoke that will better protect homes and businesses in the historic Worcestershire village.

Early action by the Environment Agency protected more than 4,000 homes and businesses in the West Midlands from the devastation of flooding this January.

The Environment Agency in partnership with local authorities yesterday took the decision to declare a major incident on the Somerset Levels to ensure local partners can take a coordinated response to flooding.

The Environment Agency has launched a new campaign to raise awareness of actions Grimsby residents can take to prepare for flooding – 15 years on since the town flooded in summer 2007 and 70 years on from the east coast storm surge.