Revealed: a third of England’s vital flood defences are in private hands

Park benches are maroooned as the River Derwent breaks its banks after torrential overnight rain on Friday in Cockermouth. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Park benches are maroooned as the River Derwent breaks its banks after torrential overnight rain on Friday in Cockermouth. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

source https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/oct/31/revealed-a-third-of-england-vital-flood-defences-are-in-private-hands