What is the Chilcot inquiry? The Chilcot inquiry, or the Iraq inquiry, was announced on June 15, 2009 by Gordon Brown. He decided that a panel of experts should look into Britain’s role in the Iraq War of 2003. Why did Gordon ...Read More
Work to examine the safety of 1,800 bridges across Cumbria is getting under way after heavy rain and floods weakened some structures.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown ordered the review during a visit on Saturday, when he pledged £1m for flooded communities.
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Gordon Brown visited flood-ravaged Cumbria yesterday, pledging extra support for those affected, as the scale of the destruction started to become clear.
As safety inspections began on the county's 1,800 bridges following the death of police officer Bill Barker, the prime ...Read More
The call came as Gordon Brown visited Cumbria to see the damage caused by a flood of 'biblical' proportions and announced that an extra £1 million would be made available to help the affected areas.
Around 100 residents flooded out of ...Read More
The British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has visited flood-hit Cumbria in north-west England to see the damage caused by record rainfall. Heavy rain during the past few days has left hundreds of people sheltering in rescue centres and hotels. Water levels are ...Read More
Mr Pickering, 47, saw Workington’s Northside Bridge “pitch and buck” in the minutes before it collapsed into the River Derwent, sweeping PC Barker to his death.
He immediately dialled 999 and then stopped the drivers of a car and two articulated ...Read More
The Prime Minister announced the funding on a visit to Cumbria, where he met rescue workers and residents evacuated from their homes.
The emergency services were advising locals not to return to their houses yet, as forecasters predicted fresh downpours.
Homes are ...Read More
* British PM arrives in northern England to see flood damage * Rescue operation continues, more rain forecast * Tributes paid to policeman who died in floods * Large parts of Ireland submerged, army called in COCKERMOUTH, England, Nov 21 (Reuters) - British Prime ...Read More
COCKERMOUTH, England (Reuters) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown visited flood-hit Cumbria in north west England Saturday to see the damage caused by record rainfall and pay tribute to a policeman who died when a bridge collapsed.
Heavy rain during the past ...Read More
A policeman swept away and killed during the devastating flooding that hit north-west England was trying to save lives by directing motorists off a bridge across a swollen river.
PC Bill Barker, who would have been 45tomorrow , was praised by ...Read More
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