Ditches or watercourses are the responsibility of landowners (often called riparian owners). Roadside ditches normally belong to the adjoining landowner and not the highway authority, except where ...

A number of flood alerts - and a flood warning - have been issued around East Yorkshire after heavy rainfall on Sunday and ...

Dozens of flood warnings and alerts are in place across Nottinghamshire after the county was hit by heavy rain and thawing ...

Several flood alerts are in place across Wigan, warning that flooding is “possible”. The clean-up operation from the New Year ...

A series of flood alerts and warnings have been issued for the Doncaster area following melt from yesterday’s snow as well as heavy rain overnight.

“Flooding is forecast to affect locations near the Bristol Avon, Tetbury Avon, Sherston Avon and Dauntsey Brook, with low-lying land and roads expected to be most affected, particularly around ...

China's ambitious plan to build a mega-hydropower dam on the Brahmaputra river poses serious downstream implications for ...

A flood alert has been issued for Stoke-on-Trent. The flood alert covers 'low-lying land and roads' between Norton Green and ...

Flood alerts have been issued for three Merseyside rivers as heavy rain batters the region. The River Alt in Formby and ...

What is the mega Yarlung Tsangpo project planned by China? What does Beijing hope to accomplish by building the world’s ...

Around 38 flood alerts are currently in place in and around Derbyshire after a night of continuous heavy rain and snowfall in ...

We have the power to regulate ordinary watercourses and if issues are found we can enforce the following: The Environment Agency has the power to regulate the main river network and the Sow and Penk ...