Flood defence walls through London will need to be half a metre higher in the future to protect against climate change, officials said as they marked the 40th anniversary of the Thames Barrier ...

The Environment Agency has assured Londoners that the Thames Barrier continues to operate reliably and effectively as part of the wider flood defence system. It expects the barrier to continue to ...

London's flood defence walls will need to be 50cm (20in) higher in the future to protect against climate change, officials have said as they marked 40 years of the Thames Barrier. The barrier ...

Peter Borrows from the Environment Agency told BBC News: "London enjoys a very high standard of defence thanks to the Thames Barrier, other barriers and the embankments downstream. "But man's ...

The barrier, officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II, on May 8, 1984, and operated by the Environment Agency, was designed to protect London from flooding until 2030, but the “sleeping giant ...

Environment Agency has admitted London's flood defences along the river – a separate defensive measure to the Thames Barrier – will need to be 50cm (20in) higher by 2040.

The Environment Agency has warned that hundreds of homes in the Oxford area could flood in the next few hours. River levels in the Thames and its tributaries at New Botley, New Hinksey, North ...

The Environment Agency has assured Londoners that the Thames Barrier continues to operate reliably and effectively as part of the wider flood defence system. It expects the barrier to continue to ...

It is 40 years since the late Queen opened the Thames Barrier, which has been closed 221 times to protect the capital from flooding. London’s future flood defences plans as ‘sleeping giant ...

Thousands of homes were flooded when the Thames burst its banks in 2014 Tidal flood defences must be raised 15 years earlier than expected as sea levels rise, the Environment Agency says. An ...

Flood defence walls through London will need to be half a metre higher in the future to protect against climate change, officials said as they marked the 40th anniversary of the Thames Barrier. The ...

The barrier, officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II, on May 8, 1984, and operated by the Environment Agency, was designed to protect London from flooding until 2030, but the “sleeping giant ...