The scheme replaces temporary barriers at Beales Corner, Bewdley, in a bid to better protect about 30 homes and more than 150 businesses there. Water last breached the temporary defences during ...

Towns along major rivers in central and northern England were braced for more flooding as waters continued to rise. The Environment Agency said the River Severn, which runs from centre of England to ...

Reuters Environment Agency workers monitor the swollen River Severn in Bewdley Almost the whole length of the River Severn in England remains at flood warning level. Some park-and-ride services ...

Bev Styles said the River Severn rushed into Bewdley, Worcestershire, "like a tsunami" when defences failed in the early hours of Saturday. "They didn't learn from last year," she claimed after ...

Beales Corner in Bewdley was flooded in the early hours of Saturday Flooded residents have been told temporary barriers which failed to stop a river rushing in "like a tsunami" will not be used again.

Homes have been flooded and residents left in tears after defence barriers were breached in a town previously devastated by flooding last year. Bewdley in Worcestershire, which was hit by severe ...