Ready to Fight Floods ; Protection Works Will Be Funded in Joint Scheme

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Residents of an area under threat of being flooded have pleaded for protection from the council which granted permission for their homes to be there in the first place.

North Dorset District Council approved plans to transform commercial buildings into homes near the River Stour and Combe Stream in Sturminster Newton in the 1990s, despite warnings about flood risk.

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Ready to Fight Floods ; Protection Works Will Be Funded in Joint Scheme

Since 2000, the residents of Bridge Cottages, next to the Old Forge, have found themselves under water on several occas...

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