Anti-flooding holes being drilled

11:22am Wednesday 16th April 2008

Environment Agency staff started drilling boreholes in Oxford yesterday to help prevent further major flooding in the city.

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	Flood defences 'waste of money'
	6:35am Tue 15 Apr 08
	Flood victims have reacted angrily after being told that protecting their homes from rising water is "ultimately" down to them.
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	Flood action 'too little, too late'
	5:41pm Wed 26 Mar 08
	Families living in fear of flooding have said a £95,000 investment in flood improvements by South Oxfordshire District Council is "too little, too late".
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	Flood-hit pub back in business
	9:07pm Wed 19 Mar 08
	The champagne corks were flying tonight as a west Oxfordshire pub opened its doors for the first time since last summer's flooding in the Evenlode valley.
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	Flooding ‘just a freak event’
	6:56pm Tue 11 Mar 08
	The devastating floods that swept through Oxfordshire last July were a freak event unrelated to climate change, according to a new report.
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	Residents launch flooding groups
	4:28pm Fri 22 Feb 08
	A new Neighbourhood Watch-type scheme will help hundreds of householders beat the sort of flooding which devastated their homes last summer.
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	'Get on track to end floods'
	2:12pm Mon 4 Feb 08
	Action to protect the main railway line through Oxford from flooding should be a priority for Network Rail, according to the body representing the rail freight industry.

	Fields ‘sacrificed to save London’
	6:00am Thu 24 Jan 08
	The National Farmers Union has promised to tackle the Environment Agency after fields were submerged again in the latest floods.

Flood threat subsides in county

11:47am Monday 21st January 2008

River levels across Oxfordshire were predicted to continue falling today as the threat from flooding subsides.

Flood warning remains in place

9:03am Monday 21st January 2008

A flood warning remained in place this morning on the River Thames through Oxfordshire.

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