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Farmers want to see return of the National Rivers Authority to help with flooding

"We have had about eight acres of the farm which has completely flooded because streams cannot cope with the amount of rainfall we have experienced"

Chris Brayford
clock 鈥� 3 min read
Olly Harrison: "We used to have a National Rivers Authority which used to come along every summer to take the silt and reeds from the bottom of streams. It kept the water flowing and our fields dry. It acted like a big sponge so it could handle the water."
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Olly Harrison: "We used to have a National Rivers Authority which used to come along every summer to take the silt and reeds from the bottom of streams. It kept the water flowing and our fields dry. It acted like a big sponge so it could handle the water."

Farmers have urged the Government to reintroduce the National Rivers Authority (NRA) to help the sector deal with flooding. Accidental YouTube star and Prescot farmer Olly Harrison has made a case...

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