{"id":460536,"date":"2026-03-06T10:21:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T10:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/460536\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T10:21:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T10:21:10","slug":"defences-installed-at-stafford-homes-after-repeated-floods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/460536\/","title":{"rendered":"Defences installed at Stafford homes after repeated floods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Flood defences have been installed at 31 homes in Stafford following years of repeated flooding.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Environment Agency (EA) has put flood doors, flood-resistant air bricks and pumps in place at the properties on Sandon Road to reduce the risk of water damage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The area has suffered from flooding in recent years, the EA said, due to the close proximity of Sandyford Brook, which runs between Stafford Common and the River Sow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The agency said the flat landscape and ground subsidence reduced the drainage system&#8217;s effectiveness, meaning water could build up on the road and around nearby homes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Flood defences have been installed at 31 homes in Stafford following years of repeated flooding. The Environment Agency&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":460537,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-460536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=460536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460536\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/460537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=460536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=460536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=460536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}