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For many years, Hallow was a sleepy backwater to the north west of the bustling city of Worcester. Now, with tough new house building targets, its district council has found itself wrestling with competing demands to house its local residents.  At the same time, they object to what they see as excessive urbanisation of the village into an extension of the city. 

The role of groundwater in providing secure water supplies and supporting a healthy surface water environment is vital. In recent years, England and Wales has experienced exceptional swings that have led from drought to groundwater flooding in as little as four months.

Look on any map and the village of Rottingdean should have a charmed position – nestled in a dramatic chalk valley of the South Downs, right on the seaside: long sweeping views of hills and bracing sea air. The reality could not be further from the truth as residents and shopkeepers choke on the decisions of a council struggling to cope with traffic congestion.

Residents living near an old quarry were forced to evacuate their homes for two weeks after a month’s worth of rain in a day triggered a huge landslide. While they have now been allowed to return, more collapses in the area and more heavy rain forecast means that the threat remains.

Cottage owners on a famous stretch of Sussex coastline have put out a plea for £1m to pay for urgent sea defences before time runs out. The call comes as new surveys indicate the speed of Greenland’s ice sheet is melting faster than ever, with some of the most iconic UK coastal landscapes and communities under threat.