Two North London rivers are to be given “a new lease of life” under a new restoration scheme beginning this month, an environmental charity has said.

Works on the rivers in Harrow and Barnet are part of the wider Action for Silk Stream project, a £150million six-year initiative to reduce the risk of flooding in the Silk Stream catchment and wider River Brent.

Thames 21, the charity supporting the project funded by Defra and led by both Barnet Council and Harrow Council, has announced the latest scheme focuses on the Burnt Oak Brook and Edgware Brook rivers.