MORE than three kilometres of ditches have been cleared in West Oxfordshire as part of annual flood-defence work.
District council engineers removed fallen trees, branches and vegetation at 15 sites.
Overgrown shrubbery on the banks was also cut back.
David Harvey, cabinet member for environment, said: “Ditch clearing helps safeguard communities from avoidable flooding and makes a big difference to local wildlife.”
Government grants and the Environment Agency funded the work.
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