{"id":290198,"date":"2026-02-14T01:15:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T01:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/290198\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T01:15:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T01:15:21","slug":"barrow-upon-trent-flooding-probably-worst-its-ever-been","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/290198\/","title":{"rendered":"Barrow upon Trent flooding &#8216;probably worst it&#8217;s ever been&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The EA said: &#8220;Climate change is leading to more intense and prolonged rainfall and we are focused on delivering long-term solutions to help protect people and property from the devastating effects of the flooding it causes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Barrow upon Trent will be considered as part of this ongoing process, and we are happy to continue discussions with the community.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Barrow upon Trent Parish Council said flooding had occurred in the village for centuries, but recognised the concerns raised.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It is true that flood water appears to come up more quickly, and retreat more slowly in more recent years,&#8221; the council added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;This is probably because of flood-defence works further downstream from Barrow.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We just need flood prevention measures downstream from the village to think about the affect they are having on us and other villages.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The EA insisted that<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/ce3l58lkgp2o\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Our City Our River (OCOR) scheme<\/a>, downstream of Barrow upon Trent, has not had any impact on flooding in the village.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Charlotte Hill, cabinet member for potholes, highways and transport at Derbyshire Council, has said the authority plans to set up a meeting in the village in the next couple of weeks, along with Severn Trent and EA partners, to discuss residents&#8217; concerns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The EA said: &#8220;Climate change is leading to more intense and prolonged rainfall and we are focused on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":290199,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[242,85,46,141],"class_list":["post-290198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=290198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290198\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/290199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=290198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=290198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}