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17 English counties were declared as official drought zones as environment agency warns that water shortages may last until Christmas of this year.
The dry weather we have experienced over the past few months have caused a drastic decrease in the water levels of some rivers in England. The drought map has now extended into the Midlands and the South West of England, The Environment Agency says.
Authorities say public water supplies are not threatened by the continuing drought but are constantly reminding people to save water. Midlands and South West of England have moved into “official drought status” after having experienced two dry winters (leaving rivers and ground waters depleted), the agency said.
Drought Map
Official Drought zone in the midlands consists of Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, West Midlands, Warwickshire, Shropshire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire and Gloucestershire while the South West region covers Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, parts of Hampshire and most of Wiltshire.
“As more areas of the UK move into drought it is vital that we use less water to protect the public’s water supply in the driest areas of the country. It is for everyone to share the responsibility to save water.” says Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman.
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Rising levels of poverty has been seen in the outer London while poor neighborhood in central London is reducing according to a report from a recently concluded analysis of official deprivation data.
Eastern centre is still known to have the poorest places in the capital but there are still heightening fear that poverty is being pushed out into the suburbs area amid the evidence of a significant increase in deprived areas in the outer london between 2004 and 2010.
The findings are also notable in areas that saw rioting in 2011. 22 neighbourhoods have become more deprived in Enfield and Haringey while in Ealing and Hillingdon 33 have and in Croydon and Sutton 75 have. Only 20 neighbourhoods in those three London assembly areas have become less deprived according to London School of Economics. It is also found that a majority of people in poverty in London now live in the suburbs, whereas a decade earlier it was evenly split.
See the rest of the story here: Poverty is shifting from inner to outer London, report finds
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Almost 10,000 homes, business establishments and other properties in the North East of England are suffering power cuts due to bad wintry weather.
Gales brought down roughly 200 power lines in the north eastern region which has caused massive power outage says Northern Power Grid Engineers.
The bad weather conditions heavily affected the roads which has caused delays and inconvenience to travels on the east coast main line between Newcastle and Scotland.
Northern Power Grid has deployed their engineers on the heavily affected regions to do repairs on 200 faults. There is yet no definite time of when the household power will be back on the whole north east region.
An advisory was also issued by the Met office to warn drivers to take extra caution.
See the rest of the story here: Gales cause North East power cuts – credits to BBC News UK.
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May 04, 2012 - 04:25 pm
Ed Miliband says his party are “regaining ground” as Labour leads the 2012 Local Elections with a string of victories in English and Welsh local elections.
So far, the party is up over 700 seats, taking control of councils including Cardiff and Birmingham.
Labour said that is was a wake up call to the british government but the Prime Minister said he would stick with “difficult decisions” to deal with the deficit.
Looking at the latest results, the Tories have lost over 370 seats while Lib Dems lost more than 250.
It is being projected that Labour will end up with 38% national share of votes, 3 points higher, with the Tories being down 4 points on 31%. Lib Dems’ national share is projected to be unchanged at 16% but the party’s total number of councilors has plummeted below 3000 for the first time since it was formed in 1988.
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