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The winter floods put the Environment Agency under the spotlight as never before.

The storms, which began in October last year, have forced many from their homes and are set to make the 2013-14 winter the wettest on record. More than 5,000 homes and businesses were flooded and many rivers in southern England reached their highest ever recorded levels.

5 Live's Stephen Chittenden has joined a team clearing an offshoot of the Thames near Oxford to see how much work is being done now the flood water has receded.

This clip is from 5 live Breakfast May 1 2014.