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Prime Minister visits dredging site on Somerset Levels

David Cameron is in Somerset to see how the county is recovering after the floods and storms.

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Dredging on Somerset Levels to begin this morning

The River Tone at the height of the floods. Credit: PA

Dredging of the River Tone and River Parrett has begun this morning on the Somerset Levels. A four-kilometre stretch of each river will be dredged near Burrowbridge. The Government had promised work would begin before the end of March.

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