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Flood campaigners take fight to London
12:19pm Thursday 24th January 2008
A PETITION of more than 4,000 names collected as part of a Gazette & Herald campaign to win the go-ahead for the multi-million pound flood defence scheme for Pickering, is to be handed to the Government's floods minister, Phil Woollas on Monday.
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10:56am Wednesday 19th December 2007
RESIDENTS made homeless by this summer's floods are finally back in their homes - six months after the devastating deluge.
Flood victims face fear of huge hike in insurance bills
10:40am Thursday 30th August 2007
Householders and businesses face rocketing insurance bills as a result of the floods which caused widespread devastation in Pickering in June.
Flood defence? It's years away
9:47am Wednesday 1st August 2007
FLOOD victims in Pickering have been dealt a cruel blow by Environment Agency bosses who admitted the badly hit town was 'low down on their list of priorities' for defence work.
Flood defence 'must be shared responsibility'
11:03am Thursday 26th July 2007
PICKERING'S only hope of getting flood defences lies in local and regional agencies coming together to help fund a scheme.
Minister backs campaign for action in flood-hit town
11:16am Thursday 19th July 2007
As homeowners and businesses continue to mop up after the recent flooding in Pickering, Vale of York MP and shadow floods minister, Anne McIntosh has visited the town to see the devastation at first hand. DAVID JEFFELS reports.
Ryedale misses out on cash to help clear up
11:15am Thursday 19th July 2007
HOPES of cash being provided by the Government to aid the victims of last month's floods at Pickering and Sinnington have been dashed.
Councillors call on former Pickering pupil for help with defence scheme
11:15am Thursday 19th July 2007
EX-Lady Lumley's student turned Government minister, John Healey is being urged to make a special case of his old town of Pickering in the Gazette & Herald-backed campaign to get the goahead for the £6.5 million flood defence scheme.
Farmer blames flooding on wildlife decline
11:13am Thursday 19th July 2007
A FARMER has called for urgent action to halt the decline of birds and mammals which he says are disappearing from the River Derwent.
'Points for cash' anger over flood defences
2:36pm Wednesday 18th July 2007
NEWS that Pickering's long-awaited flood defence scheme could be years away stunned the town yesterday.
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Staff's son held over Becks 'theft'
Updated 3:45pm Tuesday 14th October 2008
Police investigating allegations that property was stolen from Victoria and David Beckham's home and offered for sale on eBay have arrested the son of the couple's housekeepers.
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