Floods cut off local bridge
A temporary bridge is set to be erected in Woolsingham after 48 hours of torrential flooding caused a bridge connecting the village to the main road to collapse.
- Frances Read
Bridge collapses in floods
Poor weather has left roads closed, a community cut off and businesses flooded. Most flood alerts have now been removed. In Wolsingham, County Durham, a bridge has collapsed.
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