this is bbc news. the headlines... seven severe flood warnings — meaning there's a danger to life — are still in place along the river don in south yorkshire. we are near the village of fishlake, where dozens of people have been evacuated from their homes. the conservatives lay out plans to train and employ thousands more gps — despite failing to meet a previous recruitment target. labour and the liberal democrats promise more hours of free childcare — but providers are sceptical overfunding. angela merkel leads events in germany to mark 30 years since the fall of the berlin wall and urges people to stand up forfundamental values. translation: the values upon which europe is founded — freedom, democracy, equality, rule of law, the preservation of human rights. they absolutely cannot be taken for granted.

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seven severe flood warnings — meaning a threat to life — are still in place on the river don in south yorkshire, while derbyshire police have named the woman who died after being swept away by floodwaters on the river derwent near the town of matlock. she was annie hall, a former high sheriff of derbyshire. our correspondent, fiona trott, is at stainforth in south yorkshire the floodwaters have receded in some parts of northern england but the situation we have no fishlake tonight is that there are some residents in that village who are basically living on an island. that is how it is being described by local people here. completely surrounded by floodwater after the river don burst its banks. all day, five specialist fire and rescue teams assisted by members of the local community have been using a boat to get to those people and evacuate dozens of families from their homes. they are now being looked after in a local community centre. they do not yet know when they are able to return.

the roads in fishlake are like rivers tonight, unless you have a boat the only way to travel is by tractor. at times like these, local farmers are happy to help out. it is how emergency supplies have been reaching residents. all of them alarmed by how quickly it happened. i've never seen it like this. in all my life. apparently it flooded in 1933 or so. i've never seen it this bad. some people here have decided to stay, but for one woman that is not an option. the prospect of being trapped could not be more serious. we only moved in five weeks ago. i'm waiting for a transplant. 13 miles away in bentley, residents are counting the cost of the clear up. all of this has got to be replaced.

diane cordon‘s family were flooded in 2007 and could not afford new insurance was they say they want help and the council is not providing it. as soon as possible, we need skips. they say that the wagons cannot go through because of the water. cars are managing to get through as you can see, so can a wagon with a skip on the back of it. what are we supposed to do with this? get on with it? leave you to it? what are we supposed to do with this rancid, smelly, contaminated stuff. doncaster council has described the situation is highly complex and says it has been very difficult to predict and control future events. in derbyshire, matlock has been one of the worst affected areas there. the woman who died after being caught in floodwater near darley dale has today been named as the former high sheriff annie hall. she has been described as a great leader who will be hugely missed. it will be weeks before this village and others like it reach some kind of normality. in the meantime, the government says it has launched an emergency fund so local authorities can help safeguard

peoples lives and property. fiona trott, bbc news, doncaster. a lot of women we were speaking to n doncaster today in bentley so we are used to rolling up our sleeves and getting stuck in and helping each other right but there is the point, the council not helping us do that, why not open the local community centres 7 why not open the local community ce ntres 7 we why not open the local community centres? we could go there and get tea and coffee and hot meals, why is the council being slow to respond? you heard that lady talking about skips and the clean—up operation and the council are clear, what doncaster council so tonight is they are still in the emergency response stage, still dealing with what they call a very complex situation and they are hoping in about two or three days that they can start looking at the response and dealing with those complaints first but first and foremost, like you're in fishlake, where we have a community

virtually cut off from the rest of the area here, they have to respond to that first. that is a priority and then they will deal with everything else later but they say if it is an emergency you must contact the emergency services. you must contact the council and you will be given help. fiona trott reporting. earlier, i spoke to doncasterfamer lewis parkins coates. he's been warned that his farm could flood tomorrow. i started by asking him whether he felt there was any point trying to protect his farm against the forewarned onslaught of water.