Scotland: Nicola Sturgeon unveils 10 year flood protection strategy

By Magnus Gardham, Political Editor

Six months on from one of the most devastating winters on record, a new strategy has been announced to protect thousands of homes from flooding.

More than £400million will be invested over the next 10 years in an effort to defend Scotland's most vulnerable areas.

Spending this year is being targeted in Aberdeenshire, Dundee, Highland and Falkirk - some of the places hardest hit as Scotland was battered by a series of winter storms.

The strategy was announced by Nicola Sturgeon during a visit to Newton Stewart, in Dumfries & Galloway, where she witnessed the devastating impact of flooding last Hogmanay.