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United Kingdom: Floods could remain until March, Environment Agency warns
Posted by Telegraph: Gordon Rayner on February 15th, 2014
Telegraph: Flooding will continue into March in some parts of Britain, the Environment Agency has warned, as the country braces itself for yet another Atlantic storm on Saturday.
With two inches of rain expected in the South West, it may be another week before the knock-on effects are felt downstream in major rivers, while overflowing groundwater levels will mean the water may not drain away until the spring.
Up to 3,000 homes could flood in the Thames Valley this weekend, with 24 "danger to life' severe...
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Comments Off on United Kingdom: Floods could remain until March, Environment Agency warnsThe academic turned protester behind anti-fracking group Frack Off
Posted by Telegraph: Gordon Rayner on August 2nd, 2013
Telegraph: Dr Edward Lloyd-Davies, 39, worked until last year as a research fellow at the University of Sussex’s Astronomy Centre, but now tours the country attending demonstrations and speaking at town hall meetings. The campaign group behind the disruption of an exploratory drilling operation in Balcombe, West Sussex, does not publicise the identities of its leaders, but its website is registered in Dr Lloyd-Davies’s name and he helped found Frack Off two years ago. He has convictions for assault and trespass...
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