We live in rural Cumbria, near Carlisle in Crosby on Eden, a village of about 100 houses, and were affected in the 2005 floods. The village school, pub and restaurant along with a third of houses were flooded. The main concentration of assistance...

I flooded in 2003 following the opening of Jubilee River. It was not possible to do anything to protect our property from flooding since the water table level rose to a point where water could be seen rising from skirting boards. There is little...