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.
David Cameron in Somerset after the floods
The Prime Minister has been in Somerset to see the dredging operation on the Levels following the winter floods. He says plans to increase river capacity in the area by up to 40% are the best way to prevent future flooding.
Mr Cameron also made a surprise visit to residents of a village which HAD been under several feet of water. Our reporter Richard Lawrence has spent the day on the Levels
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Dredging begins on Somerset Levels
People living on the Somerset Levels have campaigned for it for years. Today they celebrated as diggers moved in to dredge the rivers.
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Dredging of the Somerset Levels begins
Three months after the Somerset Levels was struck by the worst floods in 250 years dredging of the rivers has begun.