Work begins on £8.5m structure which will help fish swim up the River Trent

Work to build an £8.5m 'fish elevator' to allow them to swim freely up the River Trent has commenced.

Holme Sluices is a huge flood management structure that spans the full width of the River Trent - the third-longest river in the country - and runs to the south of Nottingham.

It was built in the 1950s as part of a large-scale flood defence scheme and protects the city from flooding.