He also joined lead flood warden Ms Monkman and volunteers out on the River Derwent, where a local group of kayakers clear debris and rubbish in the water from to help prevent further flooding.

Weather conditions are expected to improve this afternoon and no further flooding is expected. Upper River Derwent, Stonethwaite Beck and Derwent Water Flooding of roads and low lying land is ...

The River Derwent runs north and then west through ... Cumbria experienced widespread flooding. More than a month’s worth of rain (12in or 30cm) fell within a 24-hour period.

“So we have to build it in ways that are flood resilient and we have to have ... in the historic Silk Mill alongside the River Derwent, was submerged under more than two feet of floodwater.

Evacuation orders have been issued for a number of towns along the south-east Derwent River region, because of the flooding risk. The S-E-S has been kept busy with emergency callouts, hundreds of ...

“So we have to build it in ways that are flood resilient and we have to have the flood defences ... in the historic Silk Mill alongside the River Derwent, was submerged under more than two feet of ...