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Work has today started on a £1.1 million scheme to help prevent sewer flooding in Attenborough. Severn Trent said its sewage pumping station, in Attenborough Lane, has struggled to cope during periods of heavy rainfall. This has, at times, caused waste water to back up along the street to Crofton Road resulting in flooding in the local area. Programme manager Ian Merrill said: "We're going to be carrying out work to help stop this happening in the future, increasing the size of...