Funding boost leads to water voles arriving on River Rea
A hundred water voles move into Shropshire.
A hundred water voles move into Shropshire.
The Environment Agency will be starting work in the river channel in Clayton West this week to help reduce the risk of flooding in the town.
Two former company directors have been fined more than £22,000 and £19,000 in costs.
A fund of up to £40 million that will create jobs in nature recovery and conservation opens today.
Ponteland Flood Alleviation Scheme is the first project to get off the ground out of the 22 flood defence projects to benefit from a government funding boost.