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And the soil is waterlogged. One farmer in wiltshire says the losses are heart breaking. Our reporter liz beacon has the story. So this is our wheat thats been damaged by the wind and the rain, as you can see. For a farmer, august should be one of the busiest times of year, harvesting crops. This year, the Unrelenting Rain has put paid to that and everythings ground to a halt. Its pretty depressing and its pretty heartbreaking because weve gone to lot of effort to grow this wheat and, of course, weve spent all the costs on it, so were completely cost stacked now, and without selling it, we cant, you know, we cant reclaim those costs. So we are. Yeah, its actually a lot worse than i thought. Tom collins is a fourth generation farmer here on his family farm. He knows it can rain in august but, after one of the wettestjulys on record, he believes Climate Change is having huge ....
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It s costing him an extra £300 a day. once the grain has been harvested and dried, it s stored in this grain store. at this time of the year, it would normally be half full. as you can see, it s completely empty. the nfu says farmers are used to working in unpredictable weather. what they do need, it says, is better support from the government. and without it, farmers like tom are left looking to the sky. potholes are a major problem for vehicles and passengers alike on roads across the country. first responder nick utton from nottinghamshire says his car was so badly damaged by a pothole it took two weeks to repair leaving him unable to work. and he s furious he s not eligible for compensation. well one council says they are continually inspecting the roads and carrying out a programme of repairs. rachel royce reports. ....