The Jubilee River, a flood relief channel which diverts flood water away from the River Thames, will protect up to 3, 300 properties in the area.

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Except for guerrilla kayaking by river lovers such as Raymond and others in the expedition club, the concrete-lined river has been strictly off-limits since the Depression era because the river is technically an Army Corps of Engineers flood control channel, officials said.

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He said both planning applications would deliver funds for a feasibility study into a village-wide flood defence scheme where SLP would provide the land and construct part of a flood relief channel and also help two of the most frequently flooded properties in the village.

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Their overheads were so low and their capitalization so high that they had the money to flood every media channel, from Super Bowl ads to driveable billboards, with their promotions.

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The agency said the tyres were blocking the river channel and threatened to flood the village as well as the A52 between Grantham and Boston.

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