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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Mark Blunden,Ross Lydall and Rachelle Abbott

Deadly Storm Bert: floods aftermath & future planning ...The Standard podcast

Flooding on the tracks in Northampton due to Storm Bert - (@networkrailWCML)

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Storm Bert continued to bring disruption into Monday after as winds over 80mph and torrential downpours caused “devastating” flooding over the weekend.

Five people are believed to have died in the storm and around 160 flood alerts remain in place across England and Wales, where a council leader was among those criticising the Met Office for not upgrading the storm from a yellow to red alert.

The Standard podcast is joined by Heather Shepherd, a flood recovery specialist and consultant.

In part two, The London Standard’s City Hall editor Ross Lydall on mayor Sadiq Khan’s hiring plans for some very well remunerated jobs - one paying an almost £100,000 salary - to help him seize control of Oxford Street to create a “commercial model” and help envision his pedestrianisation plans.

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