Southwest England is grappling with record-breaking flood levels after weeks of relentless rainfall left towns and countryside submerged. Salisbury has been particularly hard hit, with aerial footage revealing vast stretches of water engulfing roads, homes, and surrounding farmland.

Rivers across the region have surged to historic levels, breaching banks and overwhelming local flood defenses. Authorities warn that saturated ground and continued rainfall could worsen conditions, raising concerns about infrastructure damage and prolonged disruption.

Record Flooding Submerges Southwest England After Weeks Of Relentless Rain

Two trains collided at Fisherton Tunnel in the southwestern English city of Salisbury on Sunday, injuring a number of people, police said, declaring the crash a major incident.

Train collision in southwest Britain injures several people

The English cathedral city of Salisbury, the location of a deadly nerve agent poisoning blamed on Russia, was named as Britain's best place to live by the Sunday Times newspaper.

Salisbury, scene of Novichok poison drama, named Britain's best place to live

President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday said the Russian special services had ended the work of hundreds of spies and informers in the country last year. In a speech to the officers of the FSB security service, which he led before becoming president, Putin said foreign intelligence agencies were stepping up activity in Russia.

Putin says Russia cracking down on foreign spies

President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Sergei Skripal, a Russian former double agent poisoned in Britain, was a scumbag who betrayed Russia. Skripal and his daughter Yulia were found slumped on a public bench in the English city of Salisbury in March.

Putin calls ex-spy Skripal a scumbag and traitor

British Prime Minister Theresa May said on March 12 that Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia had been poisoned with a military-grade nerve agent

Ex-Russian spy poisoning: Chemical weapons agency confirms UK findings

It said officials at the MI6 intelligence agency have had discussions with their counterparts in the CIA about resettling the victims poisoned last month in the English city of Salisbury

Britain aims to resettle poisoned Russian ex-spy in the US

California became a pioneer when it legalized medicinal use of pot in 1996, and its decision to expand that to recreational use effective Monday will be watched closely around the world by countries hoping to cash in on the so-called 'green rush'

Legal marijuana off to blazing start in California

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