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he is in tewkesbury for us.ere absolutely devastating. tewkesbury abbey stood at this dry point surrounded by flood water and as you can see a lot of the floodplains are doing their job here this morning. the road that connects with the m5, the main motorway going north south over there is blocked, there are a couple of other roads that are blocked as well. but people are able to get in and out of tewkesbury at the moment. if you home isjust and out of tewkesbury at the moment. if you home is just down and out of tewkesbury at the moment. if you home isjust down below and out of tewkesbury at the moment. if you home is just down below were evacuated overnight and people were broughtjust to a pub to keep them warm and safe for the night. not as bad as it could have been, i suppose. as i say, 2007 was that incredible year. this is the biggest or highest water levels and worst flooding since 2007. thankfully, fingers crossed, not as bad as that. vicar of the abbey has invited us right to the top of the tower here.
he is in tewkesbury for us.ere absolutely devastating. tewkesbury abbey stood at this dry point surrounded by flood water and as you can see a lot of the floodplains are doing their job here this morning. the road that connects with the m5, the main motorway going north south over there is blocked, there are a couple of other roads that are blocked as well. but people are able to get in and out of tewkesbury at the moment. if you home isjust and out of tewkesbury at the moment. if you home is...
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we are in - gloucestershire in tewkesbury tewkesbury.ight on top of the abbey. you can see floodwaters in the floodplain pretty much as far as the eye can see in all directions. if you remember the large floods back in the summer of 2007. the river levels are not as high now, it is worth saying that they are at their highest level since 2007. that image of tewkesbury abbey sitting here surrounded by flood water was sent around the world, the fronts of newspapers became a very iconic image. and people here are well used to these incidents. they are an incredibly resilient community. they know what to do, they will have racks to move furniture and valuables up and they will keep their valuables upstairs. a few of these houses down below were evacuated overnight, they spent the night in the local club which is just down below us, so they could spend a try and safe night. it has been an extremely busy couple of days for the emergency services and other organisations to try to prepare people as best as they could. we think the water levels wi
we are in - gloucestershire in tewkesbury tewkesbury.ight on top of the abbey. you can see floodwaters in the floodplain pretty much as far as the eye can see in all directions. if you remember the large floods back in the summer of 2007. the river levels are not as high now, it is worth saying that they are at their highest level since 2007. that image of tewkesbury abbey sitting here surrounded by flood water was sent around the world, the fronts of newspapers became a very iconic image. and...
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, but for all of us. just for tewkesbury, but for all of us the _ just for tewkesbury, but for all ofels like a bit of an are in _ us. the abbey feels like a bit of an arc in the — us. the abbey feels like a bit of an arc in the middle of a floodplain, like noah's ark and it is a place where — like noah's ark and it is a place where we — like noah's ark and it is a place where we can hold the community in prayer— where we can hold the community in prayer and _ where we can hold the community in prayer and do some cherishing of this fragile creation god has given us. this fragile creation god has given us it— this fragile creation god has given us if we — this fragile creation god has given us. if we can do a bit more of that, we can— us. if we can do a bit more of that, we can see — us. if we can do a bit more of that, we can see a — us. if we can do a bit more of that, we can see a bit less of this. that is absolutely _ we can see a bit less of this. that is absolutely right, _ we can see a bit less of this. trust is absolutely right, climate change accelerating these events. and for
, but for all of us. just for tewkesbury, but for all of us the _ just for tewkesbury, but for all ofels like a bit of an are in _ us. the abbey feels like a bit of an arc in the — us. the abbey feels like a bit of an arc in the middle of a floodplain, like noah's ark and it is a place where — like noah's ark and it is a place where we — like noah's ark and it is a place where we can hold the community in prayer— where we can hold the community in prayer and _ where we can hold the...
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tewkesbury abbey itself, i am devastating. tewkesbury abbey itself, iam right devastating.op of the tower of tewkesbury abbey, stood at this dry point, surrounded by flood water. as you can see, a lot of that floodplains are doing theirjob here this morning. the road that connects with the m5, the main motorway going north— south over there, is blocked. there are a couple of other roads blocked as well. but people are able to get in and out of tewkesbury at the moment. if you homes down below were evacuated overnight. people were evacuated overnight. people were brought to a pub down below as, two rooms, to keep them warm and safe for the night. not as bad as it could have been, i suppose. as i say, 2007 was that incredible year. this is the biggest, or the highest, water levels, the worst flooding since 2007. thankfully things not as bad as that. the vicar of the abbey has invited us to the top of the tower. the town is used to this. we can hear the bells were below us. how are peeple — hear the bells were below us. haw are people getting hear the bells were below us. how
tewkesbury abbey itself, i am devastating. tewkesbury abbey itself, iam right devastating.op of the tower of tewkesbury abbey, stood at this dry point, surrounded by flood water. as you can see, a lot of that floodplains are doing theirjob here this morning. the road that connects with the m5, the main motorway going north— south over there, is blocked. there are a couple of other roads blocked as well. but people are able to get in and out of tewkesbury at the moment. if you homes down below...
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thank you, john in tewkesbury with that. you, john in tewkesbury with that vantage point on tewkesbury river trent. as you can see, as it becomes like its fast flowing, very swollen river this morning. where we're standing there are steps that normally go down to the water and normally go down to the water and normally you can get lot closer at its normal level but it's really high this morning. it hasn't reached the record of 23 years ago. as you say, nottinghamshire county council have declared this a major incident and we heard from them in the last hour, they are hoping that it has reached its peak so hopefully not too many problems. there may be another surge, hopefully the river trent has peaked. more than hundred properties across the county have been affected and flooded during this latest incident. communities have been asked to be extra vigilant along the path of the river trent. leicestershire, derbyshire and nottinghamshire, the aftermath of storm henk has hit all sorts of communities, businesses flooded, animals having to be rescued and many communities where homes have be
thank you, john in tewkesbury with that. you, john in tewkesbury with that vantage point on tewkesbury river trent. as you can see, as it becomes like its fast flowing, very swollen river this morning. where we're standing there are steps that normally go down to the water and normally go down to the water and normally you can get lot closer at its normal level but it's really high this morning. it hasn't reached the record of 23 years ago. as you say, nottinghamshire county council have...
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tewkesbury much became an tewkesbury very much became an island. much the water island. recede, but there quite a bit of there is still quite a bit of stubborn water. and what we're finding of that finding with that mix of that stubborn and then stubborn floodwater and then this cold snap that got this cold snap that we've got this cold snap that we've got this that amber alert this week with that amber alert from security from the uk health security agency , is that just there's agency, is that just there's a very thin layer of ice over the top of this flood water. i'd love to get a little bit closer, but the path is so slippy because of that thin layer of water that's been over the pavements, because of that flood water receive water not being able to receive it slippy the it is extremely slippy with the ice and the of the ice and the likes of the gritters you saw there, um, gritters that you saw there, um, that had the spent that theo had spent the spent the morning with and lots of those can't get to some of the areas, some of the roads here in tewkesbury that flood
tewkesbury much became an tewkesbury very much became an island. much the water island. recede, but there quite a bit of there is still quite a bit of stubborn water. and what we're finding of that finding with that mix of that stubborn and then stubborn floodwater and then this cold snap that got this cold snap that we've got this cold snap that we've got this that amber alert this week with that amber alert from security from the uk health security agency , is that just there's agency, is...
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got your waders there in tewkesbury. waders on there in tewkesbury.thanks forjoining us. now quickly. have quickly. lots of you have been getting in touch with your thoughts office thoughts on the post office scandal. simon says this fujitsu is the world's largest it is the world's sixth largest it provider . with 125,000 employees provider. with 125,000 employees and a turnover in the billions each year. they have made mistakes with the horizon system and should be made to pay all of the costs and compensation in relation to this scandal . so now relation to this scandal. so now a lot of people, a lot of people will agree with that. and in fact, those are the conversations that were raised today at prime minister's question time. those are the questions we're going to continue on gb continue to raise here on gb news this afternoon, holding people account. it's people to account. it's astonishing. it's taken all these years for this to come to account. we spoke to a guest earlier on who said this was known about for many, many years. but last we appro
got your waders there in tewkesbury. waders on there in tewkesbury.thanks forjoining us. now quickly. have quickly. lots of you have been getting in touch with your thoughts office thoughts on the post office scandal. simon says this fujitsu is the world's largest it is the world's sixth largest it provider . with 125,000 employees provider. with 125,000 employees and a turnover in the billions each year. they have made mistakes with the horizon system and should be made to pay all of the costs...
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we're getting to nervous that, yes, of course, there are storms, and we always see those pictures of tewkesbury everything around it does , because the medieval does, because the medieval forebears knew how to build things the place, which things in the right place, which we so good at. um. we may not be so good at. um. and this always happens, and and yet this always happens, and it's getting a sense of perspective about it. yeah there's a little bit of nannyish, isn't there, going on? >> but, know, i'm crusty >> but, you know, i'm crusty now, fairly crusty. i've been doing this job for many, many years and, uh, i do remember issues going back into the 70s and 80s and 90, as you referred to, where probably conditions were far worse. we had a very, very serious, really damaging and life threatening storm at the beginning of 1976, right at the beginning of 1976, right at the beginning of january that yean the beginning of january that year, and in 1968, we had the big storm across in scotland and northern england that killed many people . in glasgow, for many people. in glasgow, for example, of
we're getting to nervous that, yes, of course, there are storms, and we always see those pictures of tewkesbury everything around it does , because the medieval does, because the medieval forebears knew how to build things the place, which things in the right place, which we so good at. um. we may not be so good at. um. and this always happens, and and yet this always happens, and it's getting a sense of perspective about it. yeah there's a little bit of nannyish, isn't there, going on?...