People on the
Somerset Levels are suffering this year because of the change in our climate.
Mr Rees said he had been in contact with
Somerset Levels agricultural flood recovery co-ordinator Abigail Vickery who had told him the fodder they had already received from West Wales farmers "has been a lifeline for them and has helped keep the fodder bank full".
The event takes place at a dairy farm in Pilton, which is on the edge of the
Somerset Levels that have been submerged by the devastating floods.
The point I'm making is that there are more rural areas struggling to keep their heads above water than the
Somerset Levels. Local farmers, in common with the Prince of Wales, our Countryman King-to-be, are in no doubt as to the culprit: the Environment Agency and its rigid 'no dredging' policy.
THE military were being drafted into the
Somerset Levels last night - as forecasters warn of further torrential downpours.
JANUARY'S extreme rainfall figures and the inundation of the
Somerset Levels and elsewhere raise important issues that our planners in the KirKlees Planning Dept would do well to consider before maKing their now customary recommendations for approval of development to the various council planning groups.
EIGHT abandoned vehicles have been discovered during the clean-up on the
Somerset Levels after devastating flooding.
For months before this recent onslaught of rain, people on the
Somerset Levels were calling on the Environment Agency and the Government to carry out proper dredging.
The severe weather which has hit the UK, resulting in large areas of flooding on the
Somerset Levels, shows little chance of easing until next week, the Met Office warned.
THE Prince of Wales offered his support to flood-hit residents on the
Somerset Levels by pledging a PS50,000 donation today.
It came as the south west of England and
Somerset Levels were hit by further flooding yesterday.
RESIDENTS say they are "relieved and encouraged" by the start of dredging on the flood-hit
Somerset Levels and Moors yesterday morning.