and are designed to fill up with flood water to prevent it rushing unchecked towards the town of thatcham that's what happened back in 2007 when over 1000 homes were flooded here as nearly 100 millimetres of rain fell injust21i hours. the flood prompted this scheme to build these reservoirs with this one alone capable of holding 25,000 cubic metres of water. scientists say a warmer world means more frequent, intense rainfall. and july was the world's hottest month in records going back 142 years. a united nations report in august said without immediate deep cuts to emissions, limiting global temperature rise to 1.5 or even 2 degrees will be beyond reach. well, to help put into context everything that we have seen happening over the past few months i'm joined here at the reservoir in thatcham by professor hannah cloke, a climate scientist and hydrologist at the university of reading here in the uk. hannah, we of course are shocked by what has happened but there is an element from climate scientists of we told you so. so can we both be shocked but also not surprised at these events? if you

been developed here designed to fill up with flood water to prevent it rushing unchecked towards thatchamre. and that is what happened back in 2007, when over 1000 homes were flooded here as nearly 100mm fell in just 2a hours. the flood prompted this scheme to build these reservoirs with this one alone capable of holding 25,000 m3 of water. scientists say that a warmer world means more frequent and intense rainfall injuly was the roads hottest month with records going back up to 42 years. a united nations report in august said without immediate deep cuts to emissions, global temperatures rise to one and a half or even 2 degrees will be beyond reach. to help in the context everything that we've been single for the past few months, i'm joined by professor hannah cloake a climate scientist and hydrologist of the university of reading here in the uk. we are shocked, but there is an element of climate science that says i told you so. but we can also be not surprised by these events. if you see the scale of the flooding and heed to be seen in the fires, it's impossible not to be shocked by this

in thatcham's high street windows, like most towns and cities up and down the country, signs of the timeing big incentives for those with the right skills. there are two huge and unprecedented factors in the jobs market right now. on the one hand, the record vacancies and shortages, notjust in lorry cabs. on the other hand, tens, hundreds of thousands of workers returning from the furlough scheme hopefully straight back into the workforce. could these two problems solve each other? the industry's sceptical that that could happen quickly enough. here at gist, they say while they can pay up, across the industry, the pandemic, post—brexit visa rules and self—employed tax changes mean there just aren't enough workers. can't you just train up some of the hundreds of thousands of people, for example, coming off furlough by the end of the month? well, i mean, the government have announced last week an additional 50,000 test slots were going to be made available in the next year, which is helpful in itself, but it certainly isn't going to fix the problem. and if the government, as they appear no

in thatcham's high street windows, like most towns and cities up and down the country, signs of the timeare two huge and unprecedented factors in the jobs market right now. 0n the one hand, the record vacancies and shortages — notjust in lorry cabs. 0n the other hand, tens, hundreds of thousands of workers returning from the furlough scheme hopefully straight back into the workforce. could these two problems solve each other? the industry's sceptical that that could happen quickly enough. here at gist, they say while they can pay up, across the industry, the pandemic, post—brexit visa rules and self—employed tax changes mean there just aren't enough workers. can't you just train up some of the hundreds of thousands of people, for example, coming off furlough by the end of the month? well, i mean, the government have announced last week an additional 50,000 test slots were going to be made available in the next year, which is helpful in itself, but it certainly isn't going to fix the problem. and if the government, as they appear not to want to, are not prepared to offer eu nationals with

in thatcham's high street windows, like most towns and cities up and down the country, signs of the timere two huge and unprecedented factors in the jobs market right now. on the one hand, the record vacancies and shortages — notjust in lorry cabs. on the other hand, tens, hundreds of thousands of workers returning from the furlough scheme hopefully straight back into the workforce. could these two problems solve each other? the industry's sceptical that that could happen quickly enough. here at gist, they say while they can pay up, across the industry, the pandemic, post—brexit visa rules and self—employed tax changes mean there just aren't enough workers. can't you just train up some of the hundreds of thousands of people, for example, coming off furlough by the end of the month? well, i mean, the government have announced last week an additional 50,000 test slots were going to be made available in the next year, which is helpful in itself, but it certainly isn't going to fix the problem. and if the government, as they appear not to want to, are not prepared to offer eu nationals with