the town of worksop in nottinghamshire has been particularly badly hit by flooding overnight. and the authorities where there to attend and to make contingency plans, ready for evacuation of the residence. the residence there in worksop were buying their own sandbags to block the water coming into the residence's homes but actually, the water was flowing upwards, over the wall into (unintelligible) the houses and fire crews we re (unintelligible) the houses and fire crews were there, were trying to evacuate people from being told you're at the worksop cricket club so it was absolutely horrendous night. i'm going to finish it there because we are having a few problems with sound and we managed to get most of what is going on but obviously people in the town of worksop are very conscious of flooding with the river very close by. to bring you up to date on the 100 flood warnings in place across the north of england, some severe flood warnings as well, major incident declared in sheffield and we saw earlier the river don bursting its banks there. it has risen too close to 120 now.

this is worksop in nottinghamshire, where a wide area was left underwater.his caravan park in doncaster was completely overwhelmed and people living here were evacuated. what has happened to your caravan? they are all — every one of them is knackered, every one of them is finished. are you insured? no. because you can't get insurance? no, i'm not entitled to it. so you've lost your home? yeah, oh, aye, yeah, we've lost our home. it's mid—afternoon and it's started raining heavily again. all this water flowing past us here is the overflow from the river don, and it's going straight down this residential street, where the water's getting deeper and deeper. how much warning, if any, did you get? none, as far as i'm concerned. just in the space of 20 minutes, it all came and started coming flooding through. the house is wrecked from bottom up. carpets, laminates gone, the tv's gone, everything. electric's been cut off. we're hoping to get it sorted. like, as long as we are all out and safe, that's all that matters, really. in mansfield in nottinghamshire, a clif

this is worksop in nottinghamshire, where a wide area was left underwater.doncaster was completely overwhelmed and people living here were evacuated. what has happened to your caravan? they are all — every one of them is knackered, every one of them is finished. are you insured? no. because you can't get insurance? no, i'm not entitled to it. so you've lost your home? yeah, oh, aye, yeah, we've lost our home. it's mid—afternoon and it's started raining heavily again. all this water flowing past us here is the overflow from the river don and it's going straight down this residential street, where the water's getting deeper and deeper. how much warning, if any, did you get? none, as far as i'm concerned. just in the space of 20 minutes, it all came and started coming flooding through. the house is wrecked from bottom up, carpets, laminates gone, the tv's gone, everything, electric's been cut off. we're hoping to get it sorted. like, as long as we are all out and safe, that's all that matters, really. in mansfield in nottinghamshire, a cliff gave way. the lands

in worksop in nottinghamshire there were similar disruption as floodwater spread throughout the town.d 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. weather reports today suggest many of the worst affected places will avoid further downpours this weekend, but as the clean—up operation is under way today, many people and businesses will be counting the cost — our news reporter luxmy gopal sent us this, from matlock in derbyshire. the floodwaters may have receded but the damage caused by the flo

this is worksop in nottinghamshire, where a wide area was left underwater.was completely overwhelmed and people living here were evacuated. what's happened to your caravan? they are all — every one of them is knackered, every one of them is finished. are you insured? no. because you can't get insurance? no, i'm not entitled to it. so you've lost your home? yeah, oh, aye, yeah, we've lost our home. it's mid—afternoon and it's started raining heavily again. all this water flowing past us here is the overflow from the river don, and it's going straight down this residential street, where the water's getting deeper and deeper. how much warning, if any, did you get? none, as far as i'm concerned. just in the space of 20 minutes, it all came and started coming flooding through. the house is wrecked from bottom up — carpets, laminates gone, the tv's gone, everything, electric's been cut off. we're hoping to get it sorted. like, as long as we're all out and safe, that's all that matters, really. in mansfield in nottinghamshire, a cliff gave way. the landslide led to

this is worksop in nottinghamshire, where a wide area was left underwater.ter was completely overwhelmed and people living here were evacuated. what has happened your caravan? they are all, every one of them is knackered, every one of them is finished. are you insured? no. because you can't get insurance? no, i'm not entitled to it. so you've lost your home? yeah, oh, aye, yeah, we've lost it all. it's mid—afternoon and it's started raining heavily again. all this water flowing past us here is the overflow from the river don and it's going straight down this residential street, where the water's getting deeper and deeper. how much warning, if any, did you get? none, as far as i'm concerned. just in the space of 20 minutes, it all came and just started flooding through. the house is wrecked from bottom up, carpets, laminates gone, the tv's gone, everything, electric's been cut off. we're hoping to get it sorted. like, as long as we are all out and safe, that's all that matters, really. in mansfield in nottinghamshire, a cliff gave way. the landslide led to 35

council officials in worksop, which has been flooded since last week, have claimed that a refusal byorse. the canal and river trust says it was concerned about the impact that opening the gate would have on water levels elsewhere, and that the gate was in a building which was deemed unsafe for its staff to enter. the gate was eventually opened by a firefighter. simon greaves is the leader of bassetlaw district council; hejoins me via webcam. simon, good evening to you. when the council staff first made that call to the canal and river trust and asked them to open the gate, what is your understanding of the reason they were given? the answer they we re they were given? the answer they were giving was that they were impacted about the impact downstream. what was very clear to us on downstream. what was very clear to us on the ground was that the now and river trust didn't have a clear understanding about what the reality of the situation was. the way in which the river operates in this pa rt which the river operates in this part of the world, the gate that needed to be opened would hel

in worksop in nottinghamshire there were similar disruption as floodwater spread throughout the town.her 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 promising to open a thousand new sure start children's centres in england as part of a 4.5 billion pound investment package. the liberal democrats are also revealing plans for free childcare for working parents. meanwhile, the conservatives say they'll fund the training of 3,000 more gps in england over the next five years. let's get more on this from our political correspondent pet

there were similar scenes in worksop in nottinghamshire, which also suffered flooding, with the locals image of teams using boats to evacuate people from their homes near the town centre. doncaster is expected to be among the worst—hit places this morning and the local council has told to residents near st oswald church in kirk sandall to evacuate their homes as the river has burst its banks. the environment agency has issued five severe flood warnings, the highest level, which means there is a potential danger to life at several other locations along the river don near doncaster. maureen parker's house isjust beyond the river don at barnby dun in doncaster and has been put on evacuation notice by the council. we can talk to her now, thank you, what is it like where you are? well, we arejust down, what is it like where you are? well, we are just down, about two miles from barnby dun, the bridges are closed, and everybody isjust playing the waiting game, really. we are hoping that it is going to start going down, it goes down very quickly, but it is... it isjust... the unknown, isn't i

in worksop in nottinghamshire there were similar disruption as floodwater spread throughout the town.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 barely passable. although water levels are slowly dropping, flooding can be seen for miles around. let's see what it looks like and some of those areas affected. you are in matlock. i am getting a sense of it looking behind you. tell us what has happened. that is right, i am in the basement of a florist in matlock. look at this. these are decorative pine cones because this was full of st