Cumbria

The Lake District village of Glenridding is cleaning up again after a torrent of flood water crashed through its main street for the second time in five days.

George Osborne has promised a new £50m fund to help families hit by the Cumbria floods, saying households would be able to claim up to £5,000 each.

Large areas of north-west England remain under water tonight after almost 14 inches of rain fell in 24 hours in parts of the country, leaving hundreds of homes flooded and tens of thousands of families without power.