The Jubilee River independent e-mag
This independent e-mag was initially created to expose and highlight Environment Agency incompetence and failure on the £110m Jubilee River flood alleviation project, but now reveals the facts and the truth about sub-standard flood defences nationwide, flood defence failures, neglect of watercourse maintenance (thus increasing the probability of flooding), house insurance difficulties, continuing development on flood plain and related matters of national significance. especially responsibility without accountability, and finally the Environment Agency culture of 'smug arrogance' and neglect of 'duty of care' and their shortage of both engineering and mathematical expertise.
Windsor Hydropower Project damned
- planning decision deferred until August 6th
The Jubilee River -'a monument to EA skills shortage' (Prof Knight in evidence to EFRA Committee)
Whatever happened to the Thames Catchment Flood Management Plan?
Group Against Reservoir Development
22/7/08 - 7,800 more new homes confirmed for Gloucestershire
22/7/08 - Flood payments to Hull and Gloucestershire (Hansard) >>Inequitable???<<
21/7/08 - Flood one year on. 'Never say never again' (This is Oxfordshire)
21/7/08 - Why should we lose land to flooding? (Hull Daily Mail)
20/7/08 - Fight for lock keepers homes continues (Maidenhead Adv)
20/7/08 - Cypress Gardens victim's account of Summer 2007 flooding (Gloucestershire)
19/7/08 - Actor takes lead in campaign (Staines Leader - lock keepers) 484kB
18/7/08 - Time to break up the Environment Agency? (NCE)
18/7/08 - Defra e-mail - 'dredging not usually considered an appropriate flood defence measure'
18/7/08 - Letter about lock keepers EDM from office of Adam Afriyie MP
18/7/08 - Insurers force agreement on flood defence package (NCE)
17/7/08 - 'we must make the investment in flood protection for the future' (Gordon Brown)
17/7/08 - Floods Minister makes fleeting visit to Longford (Gloucestershire)
17/7/08 - Healey pledges £18.7m to flooded communities (NCE)
17/7/08 - Floods Minister: Shop around for insurance (Hull Daily Mail)
16/7/08 - EA reviewing engineering skills and capacity strategy (TheyWorkForYou)
16/7/08 - Swindon Village, Gloucestershire - Phil Woolas written answer (TheyWorkForYou)
15/7/08 - East Yorkshire builders criticise poaching (Hull Daily Mail)
12/7/08 - Insurance hope for flood risk homes (York Press)
12/7/08 - Flood deal worth £200m for region (Hull Daily Mail)
12/7/08 - DPC 'Flood Relief Channel - objections - May 1992 (re-published - 660kB)
11/7/08 - Noise fears put brakes on Thames turbine plans (Express)
11/7/08 - HEP plans on hold (Observer)
11/7/08 - 'My flooding problem. Any advice please? (600kB)
11/7/08 - Politicians wade into Thames fight (lock keepers - MBM)
11/7/08 - Government and insurers aim to provide cover for flood-hit homes (HDM)
11/7/08 - Government strike 25 year flood defence deal with ABI (NCE)
10/7/08 - Letter from Theresa May about lock keepers
10/7/08 - Letter from Defra about lock keepers
10/7/08 - David Suchet on lock keepers (dated 28/6/08)
10/7/08 - Windsor Hydropower - application deferred until 6 August
9/7/08 - Government publish response to EFRA report on flooding (link)
8/7/08 - 'Drum Major' boating accident - August 1998 (link to MAIB report)
8/7/08 - Clanfield (Oxon) volunteers clear watercourse but EA puts rats before people (1.4mB)
8/7/08 - West Hull residents feared repeat flood (Hull Daily Mail)
8/7/08 - Thames waterway changes (R Runcie briefing note)
7/7/08 - Reports of flooding in Hull (Hull Daily Mail)
7/7/08 - Homes flooded after downpour (York Press)
7/7/08 - Flood victims: 'We're stuck here for good' (Sheffield Star 23rd June)
5/4/08 - 570 homes on flood-prone land gets go-ahead (+ comments)(thisisgloucestershire.co.uk)
4/7/08 - Fury over Thames hydro-power scheme (Observer)
4/7/04 - RBWM Planning Report on hydro-power application
4/7/08 - Weathering the storm (Howard Robinson - NCE)
4/7/08 - Flood barrier gets residents vote (Oxford Times)
4/7/08 - Dutch firefighters swap floods lessons (Hull Daily Mail)
3/7/08 - Flood victims slapped with huge insurance hikes (Gloucester Echo)
3/7/08 - Newtown Area Community and Residents Association (link)
3/7/08 - Bucklebury Flood Alleviation (link)
2/7/08 - Ofwat confirms Severn Trent £35.8m fine (BBC)
2/7/08 - SOS protest - Henley - Saturday 6 July - from 10.00am.
2/7/08 - Round one to lock campaign (Henley Standard)
1/7/08 - EA bosses under fire for flood warning failure (Sheffield Star)
1/7/08 - New housing on flood plains needs protection (Telegraph letters)
1/7/08 - Severn Trent fined £2m for lying (gloucestershire.co.uk)
1/7/08 - How many vacancies in EA? (TheyWorkForYou.com)
30/6/08 - Skills shortage is timebomb (NCE)
28/6/08 - Call for more permanent pumping stations (Hull Daily Mail)
28/6/08 - Flooding unlikely to affect house prices (NAEA via BSBennett)
28/6/08 - Letter from Andrew Graham (EA) about lock keepers (550kB)
27/6/08 - Duplicate infrastructure required (NCE)
26/6/08 - Debate on flooding in Scottish Parliament (TheyWorkForYou)
26/6/08 - Debate on flooding in Scottish Parliament (TheyWorkForYou - link)
26/6/08 - Pickering (N.Yorks) residents protest about lack of flood defences (Telegraph)(640kB)
26/6/08 - Pitt urges tougher development control (Planning Portal)
26/6/08 - Teenager burgled flood victims (Abingdon Herald)
25/6/08 - SOS protest - Maidenhead - Saturday 28th June - 1.30pm.
25/6/08 - More flood protection work needed (Oxford Times)
25/6/08 - More, better paid council engineers to fight floods (NCE)
25/6/08 - Penton Hook Lock Cottage - a watercolour by Sydney Foley
25/6/08 - Newts prevent watercourse maintenance (TheyWorkForYou)
25/6/08 - Pitt Review on Summer 2007 Flooding (Link to Cabinet Office)
24/6/08 - Lock keepers' cottage sale halted (BBC)
24/6/08 - Wives unite in support of lock keepers (Henley Standard)
24/6/08 - Row over £1.9m house that floods (Telegraph)
23/6/08 - Full flood responsibility for EA (NCE)
23/6/08 - Letter to Dr Leinster about EFRA recommendations with EA reply
22/6/08 - Sir John Harman response to interim Pitt Review dated 3/4/08 (link)
22/6/08 - Flooding priorities - Letter from Cllr. Tony de Vere (Herald)
21/6/08 - Lock keepers homes - Cabinet Minister hears plight (Maidenhead Advertiser)
21/6/08 - Lock keepers wives unite (Henley Standard)
21/6/08 - Letter about lock keepers (Teresa May MP)
21/6/08 - Link to Coastal Concern Action Group
21/6/08 - Radio programme on Flooding - Listen again - BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today This Week
19/6/08 - Floods and Pitt review (Hansard)
19/6/08 - Defra training and EA manpower (Hansard)
19/6/08 - Letters about lock keepers dated 30 May and 4 June
19/6/08 -Give us a flood strategy now, urge insurers (NCE)
19/6/08 - Flood victim's damages claim against Yorkshire Water (Hull Daily Mail)
18/6/08 - Link to EA Thames Catchment Flood Management Plan
18/6/08 - Letter to Adam Afriyie MP about lock keepers from Peter of Wraysbury
18/6/08 - Boaters dice with death on Thames (Surrey Herald 11/6/08)
18/6/08 - Proposed Floods and water Bill (Link to Hansard)
18/6/08 - Ministerial statement - proposed Floods and water Bill (extract from Theyworkforyou.com)
18/6/08 - The Government intends to publish draft 'floods and water bill' for consultation
17/6/08 - Surface water deal to stop floods (Hull Daily Mail)
16/6/08 - Yellow River flood warning as rain continues (news from China)
15/6/08 - Survey shows flood toll a year on (BBC News - South Yorkshire)
15/6/08 - More interesting letters about lock keepers (535kb)
14/6/08 - Iowa flooding leaves parts of two cities under water (Telegraph)
13/6/08 - Lock keeper support meeting - Henley - Saturday 14th June (Martin Salter MP)
13/6/08 - Letters from River Thames Society about lock keepers (570kb)
13/6/08 - Flood work is in the pipeline (Oxford Times)
13/6/08 - Final words from Barbara Young (NCE)
13/6/08 - Hobbs heroes (Henley Standard)
13/6/08 - Interesting letters about lock keepers (550kb)
12/6/08 - Meeting about lock keepers in Henley on Saturday
12/6/08 - Lock keepers play vital role - Shiplake PC (Henley Standard)
12/6/08 - Question about lock keepers to Leader of House of Commons (Paul Goodman 5/6/08)
12/6/08 - River Ock flooding and blocked watercourses (e-mail from Richard)
12/6/08 - Flood victims want more Council help (Abingdon Herald)
11/6/08 - Laser mapping shows flood risk areas (Hull Daily Mail)
10/6/08 - EA reports 12 months on from the 2007 summer floods (EA news release)
10/6/08 - Drama of woman's river rescue (Maidenhead Adv)
10/6/08 - Flood cash bids invited (Oxford Times)
9/6/08 - Boat problem - e-mail from a Thames side resident
9/6/08 - Residents anger over repeat floods (Abingdon Herald)
7/6/08 - Record rainfall swamps Hong Kong
6/6/08 - Severn Trent reveals cost of Gloucestershire floods (Gloucester Times)
6/6/08 - Broken drain leads to new flood (Oxford Times)
5/6/08 - David Cameron fights sale of lock keepers' houses in the Thames Valley
5/6/08 - Save the lockhouses - Ian Taylor MP
5/6/08 - Letter from Defra to Freddie Pilditch about lock keepers
5/6/08 - Letter from Ewan Larcombe to Dr Leinster about lock houses
5/6/08 - Letter from Ewan Larcombe to Dr Leinster about EFRA recommendations
5/6/08 - Flood work a boon for York claim (Hull Daily Mail)
5/6/08 - New hope for flood victims (Gloucester Echo)
5/6/08 - Water firm's pledge on new pumps (Hull Daily Mail)
4/6/08 - Teenager dies in stormwaters (Oxford Times)
4/6/08 - Damaged wall causes fears for flood victims (Gloucester Echo)
3/6/08 - Flood evacuees celebrate return (Abingdon Herald)
1/6/08 - Yet another EA HQ in Bristol<< another £10m of our money !!!!!>>