The Government has been gushing about “record investment in flood defences” this week but, while there is some good news for Derbyshire residents, it seems likely the money is just a drop in the ocean ...

The £35m funding focuses on the opposite side of the river from the side which formed phase one of the flood defence scheme.

Funding of £35 million is to be given to Derby City Council to continue work to strengthen the city's flood defences. The £95 ...

Severe flooding in Hobart and in the Derwent Valley. Extensive damage reported in Newtown ... 1869 February On 1st, Black River in flood. Portions of streets in Launceston and its swamps flooded. 1870 ...

Fifty-six runs he took over mid-wicket alone, clubbing each mid-pitch offering closer and closer to the Derwent River lying in wait ... thanks to an inevitable flood of text messages.

THE fact that Cumbria is one of the largest but most sparsely populated of all of England’s ceremonial counties must be a ...

Two Lake District waters have been classified as unsafe to swim or surf in, according to research from campaigning charity Surfers against Sewage.