HYLTON Road is expected to be closed for three hours tonight as life along the River Severn takes a welcome step back towards normality. Flood pumps will be removed from the area after ongoing problems since the back end of last month (January). Hylton Road #Worcester is closed for approximately 3 hours for removal of flood pumps - please follow diversions pic.twitter.com/MZZ587ZxgT Worcs Highways & Travel (@WorcsTravel) February 8, 2021 The Flood Warning Information Service (FWIS) says flooding is still possible in the most troublesome spots in Worcester – including South Quay, Diglis Parade and Hylton Road towpath – but river levels continue to drop.
Andrew Martin was the editor of the Evening News in the 1990s - now known as Worcester News. Veteran Worcester News reporter Mike Pryce said: He was great at the job and a very good cricketer. When he left, he edited on other titles and this doesn t surprise me. David Wood, former sub-editor at the Worcester News and Cotswold Journal said: Andrew took me on as a sub-editor at Worcester in 1997. I only worked for him for a relatively short time but my abiding memory was my job interview. It was more of an informal chat than a grilling. I was living in Shipston-on-Stour in Warwickshire at the time, about an hour away, and Andrew s main question to me was How long will it take you to drive from Shipston to Worcester? .
A FLOOD warning remains in place in Bredon with an alert for areas in and around Evesham as the spectre of problems still lingers. Levels in the River Avon are beginning to drop and mercifully, the rain has subsided in the worst-affected areas. Widespread flooding had hit the Evesham area over the weekend with some relief that levels south of the town, where the flood warning is still active, peaked on Sunday night. More rain is forecast over the next week but it is expected to be sporadic. The Flood Warning Information Service (FWIS) said: “The Evesham river gauge is steady and predicted to rise again as a result of recent rainfall.
FLOODING of property is still expected in prone areas of Worcester with more rain to come, particularly at the weekend. Worcestershire is predicted to miss out on rain and snow that are causing yellow and amber weather warnings in Scotland and the north east of England but bits of rainfall may add to problem areas alongside the River Severn. The Flood Warning Information Service (FWIS) says levels “remain high” at the Diglis river gauge with “flooding of property, roads and farmland expected to continue”. Quay Street, South Quay, Diglis Avenue and Hood Street are expected to be worst hit with Pitchcroft Lane, Waterworks Road, Newport Street, Croft Road, Diglis Dock Road, Diglis Lane and Diglis Avenue also in the firing line.