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UK weather: Floods set to worsen as heavy rain brings more travel disruption

A yellow rain alert is in place from 12pm on Thursday until 3am on Friday for parts of south-west England

Evening Standard · Jan 29

Met Office warns heavy rain could disrupt transport and worsen flooding

Rain will fall on already saturated ground following Storm Chandra, raising concerns of further flooding

The Independent UK · Jan 29

Retired couple fear ‘scariest’ Storm Chandra flooding as major incident declared

Lesley and John Parker, from Somerset, also criticised the Environment Agency for their response to the storm

The Independent UK · Jan 28

King’s private estate owns part of Wigan site that has become ‘UK’s worst illegal waste dump’

Duchy of Lancaster claimed it is exempt from cleaning up the site, due to an ancient feudal law

The Independent UK · Jan 27

Nuclear bunker tumbles into sea from Yorkshire clifftop

The Environment Agency says the cliffs have been eroding at a rate of 6.5ft per year

Evening Standard · Jan 25

Water companies to undergo ‘MOTs’ as plans for new regulator to be unveiled

Ofwat will unlikely be formally axed before 2027, and the process to establish the new regulator will be complex.

Evening Standard · Jan 19

Water companies face biggest overhaul in a generation as new regulator unveiled

A chief engineer will also sit inside the new water regulator for the first time in two decades

The Independent UK · Jan 19

Districts warn of ‘catastrophic flooding’ without urgent funding boost

Environment Agency cuts have raised the possibility of widespread disruption and economic damage, it is claimed.

Evening Standard · Jan 14

What if floods left your home unsellable? That’s the reality facing more and more people in Britain

Christine wanted to enjoy her retirement, but then the banks of a local brook burst and turned her and her neighbours’ lives upside-down, says Guardian deputy Opinion editor Kirsty Major

The Guardian - UK · Jan 2

From Ellen DeGeneres to James Corden: why 2025 became the year of celebrity neighbour feuds

Planning rows, hedge wars and parish council pushback, 2025 saw celebrities learn the hard way that money and fame don’t trump local rules

Evening Standard · Dec 28, 2025