More Flood Warnings As Task Force Is Formed

A new Government-backed task force will examine what flood protection measures need to be introduced in the worst-affected communities in the north of England, which have been battered by record levels of rainfall this winter. It comes as the Met Office issued 77 weather warnings across the region, although none are severe flood threats which are classed as a "danger to life". The Cumbrian Floods Partnership group will look at ways to slow vital rivers to reduce the intensity of water flow at pe