Thousands of homes were flooded when the Thames burst its banks in 2014 Tidal flood defences must be raised 15 years earlier than expected as sea levels rise, the Environment Agency says.

The government needs to do more to protect communities against flooding, the leader of Vale of White Horse District Council ...

A statement from the River Thames Scheme partnership said it would ... Mr Gbangbola told the BBC: "We campaigned for [flood defences] before Zane was born telling the councils to get on with ...

In 2014 1,000 homes were flooded from the River Thames, The Thames Flood Defence scheme aims to prevent this from happening by creating a ...

Around eight million properties in England - or one in four - could be at risk of flooding by 2050 as the danger increases due to climate change, the Environment Agency (EA) has said. In its first ...

London's flood defences must be strengthened significantly ... take climate change sufficiently seriously, said the existing Thames Barrier will need to be adapted and probably supplemented ...

93% of London’s flood defences will need to be upgraded London is protected from flooding by the Thames Barrier. But Professor Emma Howard Boyd, author of the London Climate Resilience Review ...

Environment Agency bosses have said flood defences in Greater Manchester worked 'as required' despite mass flooding in the region leading to a 'major incident' being declared on New Year's Day.

There are many other factors, from building on floodplains to improvements to flood defences, that could shape the impacts of flooding in the future. Partly thanks to the Thames Barrier flood ...