he family home of a seven-year-old boy who died when flood waters allegedly filled the property with toxic fumes a decade ago has been inundated again.
Flooding has once more devastated the town of Chertsey in Surrey, with families evacuated from their houses and businesses forced to close.
Locals complain that a flood relief scheme designed to protect nearby Windsor and south-west London has made the problem worse for them.

Among the properties left underwater in Chertsey is the home where Zane Gbangbola died in February 2014.
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His parents Kye Gbangbola and Nicole Lawler claim their son was killed after their house was 'infused' with hydrogen cyanide from a former landfill site during the previous floods.
Zane's father was left paralysed from the waist down in the same incident and was found unconscious just six feet away from his son's body.

Firefighters supported the couple's version of events after discovering the deadly nerve gas inside the property - but an inquest concluded that the schoolboy's death was due to carbon monoxide poisoning.
Now, following the latest floods, posters calling for a fresh inquiry into the tragedy outside Zane's family home are suspended above knee-deep river water.
The damage caused by Storm Henk is the worst the area has seen since 2014.
Large swathes of England have been submerged in the past few days - but residents in this part of Surrey say the water damage is being exacerbated by the opening of floodgates intended to protect nearby Windsor and south-west London.
They say the Jubilee River flood relief scheme, built in the late 1990s to alleviate flooding in neighbouring areas, has made the problem worse for towns like theirs downstream.
Resident Emma Sayle said: 'Until Windsor stops being the priority when flooding starts and we are an afterthought, this will keep happening.
'Our house is now flooded on the Thames side. We only flooded because of the absolute s**t-show of river management upstream. If the clowns could stop running the circus, that would be great.'

Local business owner Debbie Russell echoed Ms Sayle's concerns, explaining: 'In 2014 we had the army delivering sandbags, helping people evacuate their homes.
'This year, nothing. No sandbags. No help. The council just tell you to call 999. The Environmental Agency won't ring you back. There's sewage flowing through people's homes - it's a disgrace.'
While residents of particularly hard-hit areas of the flooded town were evacuated from their homes on Tuesday morning, there was no sign of emergency services by mid-afternoon.
One man living in a waterfront home said the only communication he had received about the flooding from officials was a warning email last Friday.
Ben Spencer, the Tory MP for Runnymede and Weybridge, said: 'I know many residents are concerned about the possible impact the Jubilee River has had on local flood levels.
'This is an issue which has been raised to me a number of times, which I have raised directly with the Environment Agency, and they have assured me that the upstream flood alleviation measures do not increase flood risk locally.
'However, following these latest floods I believe there are a number of issues to be further looked into, including the dredging and maintenance of our rivers and waterways.
'I will be raising these on behalf of residents once the immediate flood risk has passed.'
A spokesman for the Environmental Agency said: 'Our priority is to protect communities from the impact of flooding and flood defenses are not permitted if they increase the risk of flooding elsewhere.
'Extensive modelling and analysis has shown that the use of the Jubilee River gates has very little impact on water levels at downstream communities, including Windsor.'
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Over 1,000 coastal landfill sites are thought to be at risk of spilling toxic materials into the sea.

Labour has accused the Government of being “asleep at the wheel” when it comes to coastal landfill sites facing erosion and flooding. Over 1,000 are thought to be at risk of spilling their toxic contents into the sea which could then damage ecosystems, wildlife or people.




Waste is already spilling into the sea in 25 council districts, while repairing or moving landfill contents to safer areas is thought to cost millions of pounds. Thousands more sites are situated in flood plains away from the coast with many left unsealed because they were in use before strict regulation was introduced.

​One particular cluster in Chertsey is believed to have been responsible for causing terminal illnesses and the death of a seven-year-old boy, Zane Gbangbola.
 
Years of investigation and campaigning by his parents has revealed the presence of a landfill next to their home thought to contain military waste from a nearby tank factory. Hydrogen cyanide, a toxic nerve agent, was found in their home hours after flood water ran past the landfill and into the family’s basement, which Kye Gbangbola, Zane’s father, said not only killed his son but left himself paralysed.
He and Zane’s mother, Nicole Lawler, have been calling for an independent inquiry that would examine evidence excluded at the coroner’s inquest. The Government has so far declined any such inquiry.

Labour has previously backed opening a new investigation and is now accusing the Government of being silent on what the Coastal Landfill Working Group describes as a “silent, ticking time bomb”. 
Emma Hardy, Labour’s minister for coastal communities, said: “The next pollution crisis is just round the corner – with a mountain of plastic and chemicals at risk of collapsing into the sea on an industrial scale.
“Yet this Conservative Government is asleep at the wheel with absolutely no interest in tackling the problem.
“The Government must immediately start working with local councils to tackle this growing threat. If they don’t, our beautiful seas and beaches will be buried under an avalanche of waste and toxic chemicals.”
 
The party said it would establish a Flood Resilience Task Force that would meet every winter ahead of the extreme weather.
It would co-ordinate preparation efforts for coastal erosion and flooding between central government, local authorities, communities and emergency services.
The Government has been contacted for comment.
 
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