The Environment Agency has issued a flood alert for communities located along the River Pang due to rising groundwater levels. Rural communities could soon be affected by further flooding from East Ilsley to Pangbourne including Compton, Hampstead Norreys, Frilsham, Bucklebury, Stanford Dingley, Bradfield, Tidmarsh and the Sulham Brook from Theale to Pangbourne, including Sulham. Statistics by the Pang Valley Flood Forum show groundwater levels are now at 91 per cent and could soon mirror levels seen in 2014 — the last time serious flooding hit the district. Carolyne Culver (Green, Ridgeway), …