NEW Thousands of England's flood defences need repairing, new data suggests As Met Office warns a wetter than average autumn could be on the way And infrastructure advisers NIC call on govt to set measurable targets for flood risk reduction news.sky.com/story/thousa...

Thousands of flood defences in England are substandard, new data reveals as wet winter looms

Thousands of properties could be affected by the degraded flood defences, say officials, although the Environment Agency can compensate with temporary infrastructure.