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Councils help Doncaster after sandbags plea

Councils clubbed together after desperate Doncaster MBC put out an urgent request for 20,000 sandbags amid warnings that communities could become cut off by flooding.

By Dan Peters, Chris Ames | 14 November 2019

Councils clubbed together after desperate Doncaster MBC put out an urgent request for 20,000 sandbags amid warnings that communities could become cut off by flooding.

Multiple offers of support were received from councils after the torrential downpours.

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