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...

We flooded here in Pentre, Shropshire in 1998 and 2000. We live on a flood plain and we are fortunate in the sense that we do not suffer flash floods but have fair warning of an imminent flood. We also do not suffer sewage in our homes. We should,...