Myra Newby

Yeah, yeah. I mean, we're seeing and hearing about different things. So, for example, sponge cities in places like Singapore and Mexico, which is basically working with nature to help absorb, store and purify excess rainwater. But here in the north of England, there's also a project run by the conservation organisation RSPB or RSPB.

the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, that's working to prevent flooding in a very unusual way by re-wiggling a river. So just to explain here, over 100 years ago, farmers in the area, Swindle Valley, where this is happening, they wanted to stop their fields from being flooded. So they carried out this back-breaking work of straightening a river.

the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, that's working to prevent flooding in a very unusual way by re-wiggling a river. So just to explain here, over 100 years ago, farmers in the area, Swindle Valley, where this is happening, they wanted to stop their fields from being flooded. So they carried out this back-breaking work of straightening a river.

the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, that's working to prevent flooding in a very unusual way by re-wiggling a river. So just to explain here, over 100 years ago, farmers in the area, Swindle Valley, where this is happening, they wanted to stop their fields from being flooded. So they carried out this back-breaking work of straightening a river.

But this made the issue even worse, as Annabel Rashton from the organisation explains.

But this made the issue even worse, as Annabel Rashton from the organisation explains.

But this made the issue even worse, as Annabel Rashton from the organisation explains.

Now, there's still a very small section of the Strait River that shows you what it looked like before. But the rest of the river? Well, it took a turn for the better. The river now meanders like a snake with lovely clear water flowing freely. How did they transform it?

Now, there's still a very small section of the Strait River that shows you what it looked like before. But the rest of the river? Well, it took a turn for the better. The river now meanders like a snake with lovely clear water flowing freely. How did they transform it?

Now, there's still a very small section of the Strait River that shows you what it looked like before. But the rest of the river? Well, it took a turn for the better. The river now meanders like a snake with lovely clear water flowing freely. How did they transform it?

So they dug up the old path the river flowed through, and then nature pretty much did the rest. Think of it like restoring something to its original settings. And so I think it's really, Alex, about people working within their environments with what they have, but also working with nature to try and stop these disasters, wildfires, floods from happening.

So they dug up the old path the river flowed through, and then nature pretty much did the rest. Think of it like restoring something to its original settings. And so I think it's really, Alex, about people working within their environments with what they have, but also working with nature to try and stop these disasters, wildfires, floods from happening.

So they dug up the old path the river flowed through, and then nature pretty much did the rest. Think of it like restoring something to its original settings. And so I think it's really, Alex, about people working within their environments with what they have, but also working with nature to try and stop these disasters, wildfires, floods from happening.