closest neighbour, is also mopping up and says he has received no compensation for the loss of ruined pasture damaged in the spring floods.

In the Commons this week the environment secretary, Owen Paterson, made it clear he was conscious of the problems on the Levels, adding that when he was driven past on the way to see flood victims in Devon the area looked like "the Irrawaddy [river in Burma] in spate". He said the Environment Agency was working with the community to review this year's flooding in Somerset and to consider how water there could be better managed.

The Environment Agency expressed sympathy for Mallows and said it had tried to help her – but had so far decided against building banks around her property because of theSialolithiasis in a 10 year old child.
Sialolithiasis is often observed in the oral region, and is caused by the development of a calculus in the salivary gland or duct. This disease is mostly seen in adults or young adults, and seldom develops in children. Of all the cases of sialolithiasis, only 3% are seen in the pediatric population. The clinical presentation typically consists of a painful swelling of the involved salivary gland at meal times, as the obstruction is most acute at this time. The clinical signs often lead to an easy diagnosis. The salivary gland most commonly affected is the submandibular gland. In this paper, we have reported the case of a 10 year old female with sialolithiasis of the left submandibular duct. The treatment consisted of