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Champagne, red ribbons and gigantic scissors were the order of the day Friday as Clarksville officials ceremoniously re-opened Blackiston Mill Road. The road has been closed since an early August flood washed it out at a small creek known as Dead Man's Hollow. The road, raised now by more than five feet, barely resembles its former self. "We should call it Dead Man's Dip," joked Clarksville Town Council President Greg Isgrigg.  

A SEARCH has been launched for a police officer who went missing after a bridge collapsed during heavy flooding in Cumbria. Cumbria Police said the male officer was unaccounted for after Northside Bridge, on one of the main routes into Workington, collapsed overnight. A Royal National Lifeboat Institution crew from Workington has spent three hours this morning searching for the policeman missing.  

Cumbria has been lashed by torrential downpours overnight causing flooding and damage to property. 2.5 metres on the worst affected streets. Police said fewer than 10 people were still left to be rescued in the town, with boats being used to reach them. RAF helicopters had earlier airlifted at least 50 people from buildings.  

A search has been launched for a police officer who went missing after a bridge collapsed during heavy flooding in Cumbria. Cumbria Police said the male officer was unaccounted for after Northside Bridge, on one of the main routes into Workington, collapsed overnight, cutting off the gas supply to the town. Southwaite footbridge in Cockermouth.  

A £4BILLION plan for a new road and rail link between Canvey and Kent has been mooted again, as part of a consultation over flood protection measures in the Thames Estuary. The ambitious proposal, put forward by private consortium Metrotidal, would involve building a tunnel connecting south west Canvey to the Hoo Peninsula, in Kent. The tunnel would be linked to Sadlers Farm roundabout by a dual-carriageway, which would also provide a third road on and off the island. The company put forward the pro  

The Imperial River Conservancy picked a great day to clean up their river. After months of sweltering heat, and then several days of gusts and showers as Hurricane Ida blew past, Saturday was a perfect fall day, sunny, calm and pleasant. "We planned it this way," said volunteer and River Conservancy board member Kathy McGrath, before telling the real story.

The funny thing is, tomorrow I’m entertaining clients out on the Gulf   -Steve Simms

 

Soaring car crime incidents in Cookham has led to a crackdown by police. Plain clothed offices and uniformed officers will be scouring the village on the lookout for known car thieves and vandals. In the last few months, car windows have been smashed in Odney Lane, Cookham, and car locks have been drilled out in Church Road, Cookham Dean. In the last year, thefts from vehicles across the borough have risen by 10.7 per cent.  

A parish council's vice-chairman has resigned in protest over his colleagues' support for a flood relief channel he fears would destroy irreplaceable natural habitats. Long term Wraysbury Parish Councillor Phil Jackson objects to the proposed route of the new Lower Thames Management Strategy which he says would pass through a sensitive nature reserve between Wraysbury Station and Staines Road, wrecking a haven for birds as well as damaging woodland and grassland. He is particularly angry that the offi  

A teenager has been left with injuries to his face and body after being attacked by two men armed with a chain. The 18-year-old was walking in Newbury on Tuesday at about 2240 GMT when he was approached by two other teenagers, thought to be about 16 or 17 years old. The victim was struck on the head and body with a chain after being stopped in an alleyway between Courtlands Road and Greenham Road. Thames Valley Police have described the incident as an attempted robbery.  

An auction in London next month will be offering buyers a tax-free investment with a bit of historic charm — a toll bridge over the River Thames. The Swinford toll bridge's owner can pocket all the income — estimated at about 190,000 pounds (US$319,750) a year — without paying tax. Surveyor Charlie Masons of Humberts Leisure said about four million vehicles pass over the bridge each year.