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Cumbria braced for more flooding

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:12:08 GMT

People in flood-hit Cumbria were preparing for the worst as more heavy rain and flooding was forecast today.
Source: The Independent

Flood victims return home as more rain is forecast

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:10:38 GMT

Residents of flood-ravaged Cumbrian towns were warned yesterday to expect further heavy rainfall as they returned to their homes for the first time since the heaviest rain Britain has ever seen engulfed the region.
Source: The Independent

Flood misery: More heavy rain just as Britain clean-up starts

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:07:36 GMT

Deluges of up to 4 inches (100mm) and 70mph gales will lash many parts of the UK as the worst November rain storms for five years show no sign of relenting.
Source: Daily Express

After Floods, More Rain For Britain

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:03:05 GMT

Parts of Great Britain and Ireland, already reeling from their worst flooding in decades, braced for more storms on Monday, as some residents were allowed back home to assess the damage of torrents that inundated streets, knocked out bridges...
Source: Free Internet Press

More Rain Forecast in Britain in Wake of Devastating Floods

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:19:49 GMT

UK Minister Warns of New Flood Threat

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:41:45 GMT

LONDON—Heavy rain could bring more flooding to parts of northern England still struggling to cope with the damage caused by last week's unprecedented storms, Environment Secretary Hilary Benn said on Monday.
Source: The Epoch Times

Britain lashed in fresh storms

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:03:18 GMT

Extreme weather conditions battered England today.
Source: The Independent

Floods are 'future we must prepare for'

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:19:15 GMT

The floods in Cumbria in the past week are a warning of "a future we must prepare for," the environment secretary has told MPs. Hilary Benn made an urgent statement on the floods in the Commons this afternoon.
Source: ePolitix

Quoted in 'Land girls honoured in top ceremony'

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 05:21:36 GMT

Hilary Benn said in Farmer's Weekly Interactive:

I'm delighted to welcome the Land Girls and Lumber Jills to London as representatives of the thousands of women who provided food and timber for the nation during World War I and II

Photo from Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:10:19 GMT

Britain's Environment Secretary Hilary Benn (2nd R) listens to a speech while sitting behind Foreign Secretary David Milliband (L) and Peter Mandelson (2nd L), Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, during a speech at the Brighton Centr...

Quoted in 'Europe split over move to protect bluefin tuna'

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:28:47 GMT

Hilary Benn said in Reuters:

I'm very disappointed that the European Union has not agreed at this stage to support Monaco's proposal

Photo from Reuters Pictures

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 10:42:13 GMT

Britain's Environment Secretary Hilary Benn arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting at number 10 Downing Street in London June 9, 2009.

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