and her family on the river derwent weight this morning. have been informed and more details may emerge in the coming hours. we are at saint mary's bridge which is a quarter of a mile from doncaster town centre. the river don behind me is about five metres above its normal level, about one foot below the bridge itself. it is still running at dangerous levels. this surge of water swept through sheffield last night through rods around, doncaster and is now travelling eastwards down the river don and behind it there is a trail of damage to homes and businesses. in a minute will be hearing from danny savage but first let's hear from hearing from danny savage but first let's hearfrom derbyshire who had its own problems overnight into jenae. phil mackey is on the outskirts of darby. still, what is the latest there. i know you have a surge coming down the river as well? yeah, it's expected to hit the river derwent at 11pm tonight. there is gridlock in the city centre, and we had to give up and basically stop here. one of the problems here as you c

it's the highest recorded level for the river derwent in derby. ts of the city centre. the derwent still hasn't peaked, but already parts of derby city centre are now the river level, and that means as it pours out over its banks, it's pouring into streets like this. around the corner, council warner is a warning local businesses to prepare for the worst. the river levels have risen substantially overnight and during the course of the day, so our absolute priority is safety of our citizens and the people in the city centre. next to the river in flats which are about to flood, residents are getting ready to leave. it looks like i need to build the ark, basically. i've had to move my animals two by two, you know? and the river's been flooding. i've been here four years and it's the first time it's really broke its banks. the city centre's been at a standstill, and floods have caused chaos on the roads all around it. getting home has been the priority, no matter how difficult. phil mackie, bbc news, derby. that was the situation they're in derbyshire.

it's the highest recorded level for the river derwent in derby. e floodwaters have begun to inundate parts of the city centre. the derwent still hasn't peaked, but already parts of derby city centre are now the river level, and that means as it pours out over its banks, it's pouring into streets like this. around the corner, council workers are warning local businesses to prepare for the worst. the river levels have risen substantially overnight and during the course of the day, so our absolute priority is safety of our citizens and the people in the city centre. next to the river in flats which are about to flood, residents are getting ready to leave. it looks like i need to build the ark, basically. i've had to move my animals two by two, you know? and the river's been flooding. i've been here four years and it's the first time it's really broke its banks. the city centre's been at a standstill, and floods have caused chaos on the roads all round it. getting home has been the priority, no matter how difficult. phil mackie, bbc news, derby. now on

it's the highest recorded level for the river derwent in derby. begun to inundate parts of the city centre. the derwent still hasn't peaked, but already parts of derby city centre are now the river level, and that means as it pours out over its banks, it's pouring into streets like this. around the corner, council workers are warning local businesses to prepare for the worst. the river levels have risen substantially overnight and during the course of the day, so our absolute priority is safety of our citizens and the people in the city centre. next to the river in flats which are about to flood, residents are getting ready to leave. it looks like i need to build the ark, basically. i've had to move my animals two by two, you know? and the river's been flooding. i've been here four years and it's the first time it's really broke its banks. the city centre's been at a standstill, and floods have caused chaos on the roads all round it. getting home has been the priority, no matter how difficult. phil mackie, bbc news, derby. it's emerged that two fi

her body was found in the river derwent in derbyshire. this report from our correspondent danny savage. as floodwaters rose rapidly across the east midlands, derbyshire and yorkshire, a woman died after being swept away in rowsley, near matlock. she went missing in the early hours near here, and her body was recovered from the river derwent in darley dale this morning. in doncaster, the main river through the town burst its banks and overflowed into nearby streets. anything and everything was used as a huge community effort to save belongings swung into action. locals are angry, and say they weren't warned. it has happened down here a couple of times. i've had no warning from the council or anything. they should have been out last night, giving sandbags out, all that sort of stuff, but we had nothing. nearby, i met linda. her home has been flooded before, but the timing now couldn't be worse. iam here, 26a, the one with the for sale sign — in fact, sold, subject to survey. they were due to come out on monday to do the survey. are you worr

it's the highest recorded level for the river derwent in derby. e floodwaters have begun to inundate parts of the city centre. the derwent still hasn't peaked, but already parts of derby city centre are now at the river level, and that means as it pours out over its banks, it's pouring into streets like this. around the corner, council workers are warning local businesses to prepare for the worst. the river levels have risen substantially overnight and during the course of the day, so our absolute priority is safety of our citizens and the people in the city centre. next to the river in flats which are about to flood, residents are getting ready to leave. it looks like i need to build the ark, basically. i've had to move my animals two by two, you know? and the river's been flooding. i've been here four years and it's the first time it's really broke its banks. the city centre's been at a standstill, and floods have caused chaos on the roads all round it. getting home has been the priority, no matter how difficult. phil mackie, bbc news, derby. now

it's the highest recorded level for the river derwent in derby. floodwaters have begun to inundate parts of the city centre. the derwent still hasn't peaked, but already parts of derby city centre are now at the river level, and that means as it pours out over its banks, it's pouring into streets like this. around the corner, council workers are warning local businesses to prepare for the worst. the river levels have risen substantially overnight and during the course of the day, so our absolute priority is safety of our citizens and the people in the city centre. next to the river in flats which are about to flood, residents are getting ready to leave. it looks like i need to build the ark, basically. i've had to move my animals two by two, you know? and the river's been flooding. i've been here four years and it's the first time it's really broke its banks. the city centre's been at a standstill, and floods have caused chaos on the roads all round it. getting home has been the priority, no matter how difficult. phil mackie, bbc news, derby. now o

she went missing in the early hours near here and her body was recovered from the river derwent in darleyster, the main river through the town burst its banks and overflowed into nearby streets. anything and everything was used as a huge community effort to save belongings swung into action. locals are angry and say they were not warned. it has happened down here a couple of times. we've had no warning from the council or anything. they should have been out last night, giving sandbags out, all that sort of stuff, but we had nothing. nearby, i met linda. her home has been flooded before but the timing now couldn't be worse. lam here, 26a, the one with the for sale sign, in fact, sold, subject to survey. they were due to come round on monday to do the survey. are you worried now this has happened? i am very worried. i doubt anybody is going to want to go ahead and buy this now. from above, the flooding can be seen for miles, from sheffield, through rotherham and to doncaster and beyond. this is worksop in nottinghamshire, where a wide area was left underwater. this caravan park in doncaster

her body was found in the river derwent in derbyshire.savage. as floodwaters rose rapidly across the east midlands, derbyshire and yorkshire, a woman died after being swept away in rowsley, near matlock. she went missing in the early hours near here, and her body was recovered from the river derwent in darley dale this morning. in doncaster, the main river through the town burst its banks and overflowed into nearby streets. anything and everything was used as a huge community effort to save belongings swung into action. locals are angry and say they weren't warned. it has happened down here a couple of times. i've had no warning from the council or anything. they should have been out last night, giving sandbags out, all that sort of stuff, but we had nothing. nearby, i met linda. her home has been flooded before, but the timing now couldn't be worse. iam here, 26a, the one with the for sale sign — in fact, sold, subject to survey. they were due to come out on monday to do the survey. are you worried now this has happened? i am very worrie

not farfrom here, in rowsley, a woman died after being swept into the river derwent.reets. council workers want business to prepare for the worst. in worksop in nottinghamshire there were similar disruption as floodwater spread throughout the town. not far away in mansfield, a cliff gave way. the landslide led to 35 homes being evacuated. in doncaster, rescue boats on standby all night. the river don running through the town burst its banks. communities pulled together to salvage belongings. people said the floodwater spread quickly and they are now counting the cost. i was helping my neighbour move everything upstairs and then her grandson came and helped me with the sandbags. we just all pull together, it is what you have to do. transport has been badly disrupted. trains are left stranded due to submerged tracks while roads have been closed or are barely passable. although water levels are slowly dropping, flooding can be seen for miles around. health and childcare take centre stage today, as the political parties continue their general election campaigns. labour is

she went missing in the early hours near here and her body was recovered from the river derwent in darleyg. in doncaster, the main river through the town burst its banks and overflowed into nearby streets. anything and everything was used as a huge community effort to save belongings swung into action. locals are angry and say they were not warned. it has happened down here a couple of times. we've had no warning from the council or anything. they should have been out last night, giving sandbags out, all that sort of stuff, but we had nothing. nearby, i met linda. her home has been flooded before but the timing now couldn't be worse. lam here, 26a, the one with the for sale sign, in fact, sold, subject to survey. they were due to come round on monday to do the survey. are you worried now this has happened? i am very worried. i doubt anybody is going to want to go ahead and buy this now. from above, the flooding can be seen for miles, from sheffield, through rotherham and to doncaster and beyond. this is worksop in nottinghamshire, where a wide area was left underwater. this caravan park i

her body was pulled from the river derwent in derbyshire this morning. was wet, the reservoirs we re the ground was wet, the reservoirs were full, nowhere for the water to go and then we had a weather system sitting over us for about 24 hours or so with a frontal system across derbyshire, south yorkshire and into lincolnshire, which wasn‘t moving at all. it was stationary. the rain was all. it was stationary. the rain was a particularly heavy but so persistent over that 24—hour period, enough rain failed to cause flooding. what role does the jet strea m flooding. what role does the jet stream have? it is strong winds way out of the atlantic, seven or eight kilometres above the ocean. that generates weather systems all the time, sort of like a factory for weather systems. they move their way across the atlantic over the uk. the particular weather system that hit us particular weather system that hit us this week came right across the middle of the uk but usually they would be a bit further north. this week, thejet would be a bit further north. this week,

her body was pulled from the river derwent near matlock on friday, as persistent rain caused floods acrossflood warnings — meaning a threat to life — remain in place on the river don in south yorkshire. water levels there are still rising in the village of fishlake, as luxmy gopal reports. rising water levels posing a danger to life. this was the scene last night at fishlake in doncaster, where a severe flood warning has been issued. a0 people had to be rescued from their homes overnight. it adds to the severe flooding that has hit other parts of south yorkshire and derbyshire. this wall shows you very clearly where the water came up to. the basement storeroom of this florist in matlock in north derbyshire is completely ruined, all the stock ready for the run—up to christmas now worthless. to get things started again is going to cost a lot of money. the insurance company will help out, but of course we have to get those things to start with. we are talking between £5,000 and £10,000, a lot of money to recoup. other businesses in the town have suffered a similarfate. this new toy shop didn'

it was at matlock that a woman's body was found after being swept away in the river derwent.she has been formally identified as annie hall, a former high sheriff of derbyshire. in derby city centre, a number of properties were evacuated last night. today, they are trying to get back to business as usual. but travel continues to be disrupted, with many roads still closed and many train services still cancelled across south yorkshire and derbyshire. there are seven severe flood warnings in place along the river don. while the flood waters have subsided in some areas, the danger is not passed yet. as we speak, those severe flood warnings remain in place. earlier i spoke to matthew gable from the environment agency. we've had a very, very high we've had a very, very high level we've had a very, very high level of we've had a very, very high level of rainfall, possibly the third or fourth highest on record. so, it is the sheer volume of water, and compounded on that is the amount of saturation in the ground, so with a ground being so wet, any rainfall that does fall is immediately

not farfrom here, in rowsley, a woman died after being swept into the river derwent.e prime minister visited matlock to meet emergency personnel and to see some of the damage for himself. the city centre in derby was also brought to a standstill as floodwater began to inundate surrounding streets. council workers warned business to prepare for the worst. in worksop in nottinghamshire there were similar disruption as floodwater spread throughout the town. not far away in mansfield, a cliff gave way. the landslide led to 35 homes being evacuated. in doncaster, rescue boats on standby all night. the river don running through the town burst its banks. communities pulled together to salvage belongings. people said the floodwater spread quickly and they are now counting the cost. i was helping my elderly neighbour move everything upstairs and then her grandson came and helped me with the sandbags. we just all pulled together, it is what you have to do. transport has been badly disrupted. trains are left stranded due to submerged tracks while roads have been closed or are ba

derbyshire police have named the woman who died, after being swept away by floodwaters on the river derwente town of matlock. she was annie hall, a former high sheriff of derbyshire. well, our correspondent fiona trott is at stainforth in south yorkshire, with more for us this evening. it has been a changing picture over the last couple of days, what is it looking like now and what impact has that had on flooding? the floodwaters have receded in some parts of northern england. but the situation we have no fishlake tonight is that there were some residents in that village you 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 and rescue teams insisted members of the local community use 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 village residents are leaving behind. the raids and fishlake are like rivers to

it was at matlock that a woman's body was found after being swept away in the river derwent.nnie hall, a former high sheriff of derbyshire. in derby city centre, a number of properties were evacuated last night. today they are trying to get back to business as usual. but travel continues to be disrupted, with many roads still closed and many train services still cancelled across south yorkshire and derbyshire. there are seven severe flood warnings in place along the river don. while the flood waters have subsided in some areas, the danger is not passed yet. joining me now is matthew gable from the environment agency. he's coming to us via our nottingham newsroom. you have been looking at some of the work going on in your part of the country. you overlap with the derbyshire. what in terms of the impact, and with yorkshire very close to hand, to go up there and talk to your operators there, what has been the principal problem with the river don? it is the sheer volume of water, we have had a very high level of rainfall, possibly the third or fourth highest on record, so it is s

reported as having been swept away by flood water in rosalie, about four miles upstream on the river derwente morning, her body was recovered at around 10:a0am just north of matlock. derbyshire police say herfamily north of matlock. derbyshire police say her family has been north of matlock. derbyshire police say herfamily has been informed north of matlock. derbyshire police say her family has been informed and their thoughts are with them. formal identification is still to take place. it shows you how dangerous things were yesterday and last night especially, when we had that same band of rain that has caused all the flooding in yorkshire, it has caused problems here in derbyshire and nottinghamshire, it sat here all day, seven inches of rain have fallen in that period of time and as you can see behind me, this particular street in matlock, 20 also businesses have been flooded, locals here tell me they have not seen locals here tell me they have not seen anything like this for at least 20 years, some say even longer. people are beginning to get into their properties and assess the damage,

it was at matlock that the body of a woman was found after being swept away in the river derwent.has been formally identified as annie hall, a former high sheriff of derbyshire. in derby city centre, a number of properties we re city centre, a number of properties were evacuated last night. today they are trying to get back to business as usual. but travel continues to be disrupted, with many roads still closed and many train services are still cancelled across south yorkshire and derbyshire. there are seven severe flood warnings in place along the river don. while the flood waters have subsided in some areas, the danger is not passed yet. 0ur correspondent fiona trottjoins us now from bentley, on the river don. the owner we can see a bit of the scale of the problem behind you at the moment, how bad is it? this is the moment, how bad is it? this is the area, the river don burst its banks about 200m away and the flood water yesterday morning was way up over people ‘s homes, you can see the floodwater has receded and what you can see behind as people count of going from house to hou