STAFF from an Environment Agency contact centre will take time out from their usual jobs this month to help an important project at a park made famous by last summer's floods.

ENGINEERS were last night battling to stop a dam bursting and destroying hundreds of homes. Some 700 people were evacuated after two cracks appeared in the structure, which holds back 100 million tonnes of water.

A MERSEYSIDE firefighter last night described the desperate efforts being taken to stop a dambursting in South Yorkshire.

By ROBERT MENDICK DEVASTATING floods continued to take their toll across England today. Thousands of people remained homeless while travel was severely disrupted with major roads closed and rail services cancelled.

By ROBERT MENDICK HUNDREDS of people fled their homes today amid fears a dam could burst following the torrential rain that battered the country. About 350 residents were evacuated after engineers warned cracks had appeared in Ulley Dam, near Rotherham in South Yorkshire, under the weight of water.