:00:14. > :00:16.Just over a month ago Storm Desmond wrought havoc across the North.
:00:17. > :00:19.The BBC's Danny Savage was in Cumbria, as the flood water
:00:20. > :00:20.surged into thousands of homes and businesses.
:00:21. > :00:23.Many of them were uninsured - unable to afford the premiums
:00:24. > :00:25.demanded in the wake of previous floods,
:00:26. > :00:27.and as Danny's discovered, a scheme that's promising to put
:00:28. > :00:43.MUSIC: Dark Water by D M Ecks
:00:44. > :00:45.AUDIO CLIPS FROM RADIO CUMBRIA: It is absolutely
:00:46. > :00:48.Watching the inevitable happen, basically.
:00:49. > :00:53.It's a mess, it's the trauma, it's the upset, it's the fact
:00:54. > :00:56.that it goes on for months and, you know, it seems
:00:57. > :01:00.And you sit there and think, I can't go through this agahn.
:01:01. > :01:02.It's just the most awful emotional strain.
:01:03. > :01:24.MUSIC: Dark Water by D M Ecks
:01:25. > :01:26.Well, this is Warwick Road in Carlisle.
:01:27. > :01:28.This was the worst affected part of the city back
:01:29. > :01:32.The bridge is cordoned off tonight because it has structural problems
:01:33. > :01:37.and they're worried it could give way.
:01:38. > :01:39.But the local residents are out and they are really worried
:01:40. > :01:42.there will be a repeat of what happened here ten years ago,
:01:43. > :01:45.and that all these houses that have been renovated and repaired
:01:46. > :01:48.I'm kind of thinking the worst, really.
:01:49. > :02:03.Across the North West, vital infrastructure is hamlered.
:02:04. > :02:06.Well, this is a car park right in the centre of Carlisle,
:02:07. > :02:09.completely covered in water, and it has risen
:02:10. > :02:11.really quickly over the last few hours,
:02:12. > :02:13.but the real thing is over this fence here -
:02:14. > :02:14.take a look at this.
:02:15. > :02:18.You can just about see the overhead gantries,
:02:19. > :02:20.and instead of railway tracks, you can't see anything -
:02:21. > :02:46.Across town, water has breached the city's flood defences.
:02:47. > :02:48.I just need to talk to this old couple.
:02:49. > :02:51.We have a drain in our back garden and it's coming
:02:52. > :02:52.up through the drain there rather quickly.
:02:53. > :02:57.I don't want you to stand out in the cold...
:02:58. > :03:05.Some people are grabbing what they can, and leaving.
:03:06. > :03:09.My wife is out and my son is on his way.
:03:10. > :03:11.We are just cleaning my stuff out of the house -
:03:12. > :03:17.not much we can do really, just get out.
:03:18. > :03:20.Others plan to sit it out, like Vanessa -
:03:21. > :03:24.It's just been a bit hectic, and my mam does not want to move
:03:25. > :03:28.at all - she did not even want me moving her stuff up the stahrs.
:03:29. > :03:43.2005 - they said it was a hundred-year-flood,
:03:44. > :03:45.and it has happened again, and that's with the flood defences.
:03:46. > :03:47.30 miles away, Sue Cashmore has retreated upstairs.
:03:48. > :03:49.Well, here we are - a repeat of 2009.
:03:50. > :03:53.Just five foot of water in the house at the moment, sat up
:03:54. > :03:55.here in the dark, candle light, with my little dog.
:03:56. > :03:57.I'm just going to make a cup of tea because
:03:58. > :04:03.And unfortunately this time no insurance, so I don't know what I'm
:04:04. > :04:06.Couches have gone, kitchen has gone, all the utilities have gone.
:04:07. > :04:17.Just hope the boiler doesn't get it, because that's very expensive.
:04:18. > :04:22.I'm going to have to do quite a bit of overtime next year I think -
:04:23. > :04:24.all that work for the flood defences and they didn't
:04:25. > :04:38.Across the county, the flooding is unstoppable.
:04:39. > :04:39.So that's your back garden, completely
:04:40. > :04:54.In the house further down, it is probably about a metre.
:04:55. > :05:05.The situation has got so series now on the Warwick
:05:06. > :05:08.Road in Carlisle that they have brought in these rescue boats now.
:05:09. > :05:11.They will be taken off the trailer, down the road, to help people get
:05:12. > :05:31.They are going to work through the night.
:05:32. > :05:55.Daylight - a flood of biblical proportions.
:05:56. > :05:59.She is 94, nearly 95, and this is the
:06:00. > :06:00.second time this has happened, so... (EMOTIONAL)
:06:01. > :06:03.Vanessa's mum, Florence, has finally been persuaded
:06:04. > :06:11.She looked that tiny when she was originally sitting
:06:12. > :06:13.with this little fridge, you know, and I said,
:06:14. > :06:15.that's the fridge boat, Mam, so I think
:06:16. > :06:25.they rescued quite a few in that, in the flood.
:06:26. > :06:28.they rescued quite a few after that, in the fridge boat.
:06:29. > :06:31.This is the A591, the main link between Ambleside and Keswick.
:06:32. > :06:34.The bridge that gave Pooley Bridge its name is gone.
:06:35. > :06:39.By the end of the weekend, questions are mounting.
:06:40. > :06:50.We were told it was going to be after these defences,
:06:51. > :06:52.it was a once-in-a-250-year event, and here
:06:53. > :06:54.we are ten years later, ?38 million and ten years l`ter
:06:55. > :07:01.I feel that we have been fed a bit of
:07:02. > :07:04.And in Cockermouth, Sue is still trapped
:07:05. > :07:14.Hoping tomorrow the water will get low enough
:07:15. > :07:19.so I can get out.
:07:20. > :07:21.Pretty devastating everywhere, from what I can gather.
:07:22. > :07:24.Had no contact with my parents so I don't know
:07:25. > :07:37.I phoned it at six o'clock this morning so I have had no contact
:07:38. > :07:40.I have been talking to my neighbours through the window
:07:41. > :07:44.I was going to say, there were bottles of champagne
:07:45. > :08:12.This is my Christmas stocking, for Christmas Day!
:08:13. > :08:14.For days, there will be nothing to do
:08:15. > :08:16.ARCHIVE FOOTAGE: Villages have been marooned.
:08:17. > :08:19.And landslides have added to the chaos created by floods,
:08:20. > :08:20.which have cut main roads and railways.
:08:21. > :08:23.Flooding is nothing new in Cumbria, but one expert thinks
:08:24. > :08:27.If you look back to the 1960s, we have witnessed
:08:28. > :08:29.about a 30% increase in winter rainfall in my lifetime.
:08:30. > :08:35.Now, looking ahead, using the climate
:08:36. > :08:38.models, by the 2050s I can dxpect another 15% increase in the future
:08:39. > :08:43.Adding that together, we can expect maybe a 45%,
:08:44. > :08:45.perhaps 50%, increase in winter rainfall in my lifetime.
:08:46. > :08:51.So is it possible to protect the county from
:08:52. > :08:55.?38 million was spent buildhng flood defences in Carlisle after the 2005
:08:56. > :09:00.?6 million was spent in Keswick and ?4.4 million in Cockermouth.
:09:01. > :09:07.They all failed to stop flooding, and 51 flood defence
:09:08. > :09:09.schemes in Cumbria and the North West await funding.
:09:10. > :09:11.In Kendal, there's pressure to reinstate some of those
:09:12. > :09:17.There's one for the River Kent just down the road from here,
:09:18. > :09:19.which is on the shelf, which they could just take off
:09:20. > :09:22.and fund - they could do that almost right away,
:09:23. > :09:25.but there will be other schemes that could be drawn up to prevent
:09:26. > :09:26.this kind of thing happening agahn.
:09:27. > :09:29.This is obviously a level of something we are going to h`ve
:09:30. > :09:32.to expect again in the future - in which case it saves money
:09:33. > :09:35.and a lot of grief if we can prevent it with proper
:09:36. > :09:38.But as the mopping up continues down the road,
:09:39. > :10:04.the arguments may seem a bit academic.
:10:05. > :10:07.Wildman Street is noted for it, and now it has happened it can
:10:08. > :10:11.Something is going to have to happen, because every tile it
:10:12. > :10:13.rains we are all going to be mad panicking.
:10:14. > :10:16.Sorry... (CRYING)
:10:17. > :10:24.And in Cockermouth, Sue's fhnally been able to leave her bedroom,
:10:25. > :10:28.I've spent the last ten days cleaning two houses,
:10:29. > :10:31.because my parents have been flooded as well.
:10:32. > :10:38.I don't have insurance, so it is about salvaging thhs house
:10:39. > :10:41.the best I can and today is the first day I've had anytime
:10:42. > :10:54.And I feel angry, I do feel angry - I have worked hard all my life
:10:55. > :11:02.- I have raised two kids on my own and now I have to rely
:11:03. > :11:08.on the generosity of others because I could not get instrance
:11:09. > :11:13.and I've lost quite a lot really.
:11:14. > :11:16.And sadly for Sue an insurance scheme that could have helped
:11:17. > :11:20.This flood has been out there for two years now and it has
:11:21. > :11:22.not been signed off by Prudential yet.
:11:23. > :11:27.Until I see it on a table and when they say
:11:28. > :11:37.it is a definite and signed off I am not convinced.
:11:38. > :11:40.For many, insurance has been unaffordable because it was just too
:11:41. > :11:43.expensive, so despite the ndw flood defences in Cockermouth,
:11:44. > :11:45.Keswick and Carlisle Insurance for some is impossible to get ?
:11:46. > :11:50.After the floods that floored parts of the south in 2014 the industry
:11:51. > :11:55.came up with a plan to make sure people with homes at risk
:11:56. > :11:58.of flooding could get the cover they needed and it's called Flood
:11:59. > :12:02.Well, I think Flood Re is a very positive thing.
:12:03. > :12:11.Mary Dhonau's advised the insurance industry on the creation of Flood Re
:12:12. > :12:13.- it'll start in April and should guarantee every home owner
:12:14. > :12:17.I have talked to people whose excess is going to be ?10,000
:12:18. > :12:28.It is excellent news for thdm and the light at the end
:12:29. > :12:30.of the tunnel really for people who have been flooded
:12:31. > :12:33.because I have talked to so many people who live
:12:34. > :12:36.in fear of flooding again not knowing how they are going to afford
:12:37. > :12:40.This way people will be abld to afford flood insurance,
:12:41. > :12:43.it will be guaranteed for high risk,
:12:44. > :12:45.but only for houses that have been built before 2009.
:12:46. > :12:48.But it will come too late for people flood of this winter.
:12:49. > :12:52.This has been talked about for three years.
:12:53. > :13:00.In effect and look at what has happened in the meantime. -, but it
:13:01. > :13:04.happened in the meantime. -- but it still has not come into effdct.
:13:05. > :13:05.Why has Flood Re taken so long?
:13:06. > :13:08.Flood Re is a complex from the systems built we rdquire
:13:09. > :13:10.and insurers require from getting legislation through Governmdnt
:13:11. > :13:11.to getting regulatory approval from the regulators.
:13:12. > :13:13.This is something that is complex and
:13:14. > :13:17.I have been talking to a lady in Cockermouth who had at premium
:13:18. > :13:21.She did not take it out, could not afford it,
:13:22. > :13:24.and now her home is ruined and she has no
:13:25. > :13:27.What can you say to people like that about their futurd?
:13:28. > :13:31.Quite simply, it is people like that that reason why we are building
:13:32. > :13:34.Flood Re - it is exactly for people who struggle to afford home
:13:35. > :13:36.insurance, because they live in areas at the risk of flooding.
:13:37. > :13:39.But, as we've heard, the skin doesn't cover housds
:13:40. > :13:42.built after 2009, and earlidr this month MPs raised concerns it doesn't
:13:43. > :13:46.The Prime Minister has promised to investigate...
:13:47. > :13:47.We are looking very carefully at this scheme,
:13:48. > :13:49.particularly on the issue of the businesses.
:13:50. > :13:52.What we've heard so far is a number of anecdotal stories about small
:13:53. > :13:55.businesses saying it's going to be very difficult to get insurance.
:13:56. > :13:57.Meanwhile, the insurance colpanies are telling us they won't turn down
:13:58. > :14:00.any small businesses, so we need to get to the bottom
:14:01. > :14:04.Absolutely key, before we gdt the final introduction of Flood Re
:14:05. > :14:10.So the new scheme requires ` home to be in a recognised flood area
:14:11. > :14:13.on a map, like this one drawn up by the Environment Agency.
:14:14. > :14:17.It shows which areas are most at risk of flooding and which have
:14:18. > :14:18.had protection schemes added to reduce the risk.
:14:19. > :14:21.The agency maps are used by a commercial organisation,
:14:22. > :14:23.which passes on information to the people running Flood Re,
:14:24. > :14:26.so it's vital the information is up to date and accurate.
:14:27. > :14:30.But, as I have discovered, that's not always the case.
:14:31. > :14:47.Hi, Lynne - I'm Danny from the BBC...
:14:48. > :14:50.Lynne runs a B in Keswick and has been flooded three times
:14:51. > :14:55.She had insurance, but stills faces a huge bill.
:14:56. > :14:58.Our excess was ?10,000, or 25% of the claim -
:14:59. > :15:04.So, as soon as I got flooded, I lost ?10,000 full stop.
:15:05. > :15:07.If you look at the maps which are actually online...
:15:08. > :15:10.And to rub salt into the wound, Lynne was paying a higher premium
:15:11. > :15:12.than she needed to because the Environment Agency map
:15:13. > :15:14.on which her insurance was based on was wrong.
:15:15. > :15:16.They had our flood risk as being higher than it
:15:17. > :15:19.actually should have been, and that applies to probably
:15:20. > :15:34.The consequence of that is a lot of people could not afford hnsurance
:15:35. > :15:37.for flooding, and did not take out flood insurance cover,
:15:38. > :15:39.and now they have lost everxthing, and they are devastated.
:15:40. > :15:41.So whose responsibility is ht to make sure the information
:15:42. > :15:53.Well, in the intial phase it's the EA flood maps which have got
:15:54. > :15:57.to be correct and the info has to be passed on and the people sitting
:15:58. > :16:00.at the desks that are doing the mapping have got to unddrstand
:16:01. > :16:06.the work they are doing is not a paper exercise -
:16:07. > :16:08.it actually has an effect on people's lives
:16:09. > :16:14.After talking to many people in Cumbria, I went to talk
:16:15. > :16:25.to the Environment Agency to get some answers.
:16:26. > :16:28.One woman in Keswick has said to us, 'the people sitting at the desks
:16:29. > :16:30.that are doing the mapping have got to understand
:16:31. > :16:34.the work they are doing is not a paper exercise it actually has
:16:35. > :16:36.an effect on peoples lives and it can be catastrophic.'
:16:37. > :16:47.I would absolutely agree and this is not just a paper
:16:48. > :16:50.exercise - this whole series of incidents for me is about people,
:16:51. > :16:56.we talk a lot about record rainfall and flood defences and propdrties
:16:57. > :17:01.so with 6500 properties flooded that is 25,000 people.
:17:02. > :17:04.My people and those teams on the ground
:17:05. > :17:07.are part of those communitids and I feel really strongly our main
:17:08. > :17:11.On the issue of insurance Flood Re is due to come in this year and it
:17:12. > :17:13.will be using information from your maps.
:17:14. > :17:16.Isn't it vital then that your maps are spot on for future reference?
:17:17. > :17:24.It is a complex issue and we will continue to evolve
:17:25. > :17:31.and finesse this, and whether we get to a perfect point I doubt,
:17:32. > :17:36.because I think the rivers the types
:17:37. > :17:40.of events we see as our climate changes means that this
:17:41. > :17:43.will continue to evolve there are some real focal points now
:17:44. > :17:46.following the recent events and they will be our priority areas
:17:47. > :17:54.It has been a catastrophic month for Cumbria.
:17:55. > :17:56.Can you give people there any
:17:57. > :18:01.I think the reassurance we can give is that we will continue to work
:18:02. > :18:03.really hasrd with partners and the community to do whatever
:18:04. > :18:11.we can to reduce the risk of flooding and the impact
:18:12. > :18:14.of flooding so we need to continue to work with those communithes
:18:15. > :18:18.all year round not just to be seen to be turning up when it is raining.
:18:19. > :18:20.But it's all too late for the thousands caught out
:18:21. > :18:24.After Desmond came Eva bringing more rain to the north
:18:25. > :18:27.The Government has promised ?50 million of emergency funds
:18:28. > :18:29.for families and businesses struggling to get back on their feet
:18:30. > :18:32.And ?40 million to repair roads and bridges.
:18:33. > :18:35.But there's no word yet on loney for new flood defences.
:18:36. > :18:37.After being here on the night that Cumbria flooded,
:18:38. > :18:39.the damage I have seen since then has been
:18:40. > :18:41.extraordinary, thousands and thousands of people are trying
:18:42. > :18:48.But having talked to people the overwhelming feeling
:18:49. > :18:51.is unless the flood defences of Cumbria are improved
:18:52. > :19:17.From Cumbria, to Northumberland and on to Yorkshire the repair bill
:19:18. > :19:20.Here in York some families believe they could have been
:19:21. > :19:22.spared the misery of the destructive deluge.
:19:23. > :19:24.Paul Hudson's been assessing the damage and asking
:19:25. > :19:28.what we can learn from previous floods?
:19:29. > :19:31.It's Boxing Day and the citx of York is under threat ? again.
:19:32. > :19:34.York is used to floods ? the River Ouse has entered homes
:19:35. > :19:35.and businesses many times over the years.
:19:36. > :19:38.But this time it was the smaller river ? the Foss -
:19:39. > :19:42.I think it's absolutely terrible if people
:19:43. > :19:46.It's clearly not a natural phenomenon that's caused
:19:47. > :19:58.It's a man-made problem that's created this.
:19:59. > :20:01.This is the now infamous Foss barrier - its job is to protect
:20:02. > :20:06.But when it was lifted, hundreds of homes were flooded
:20:07. > :20:15.and residents want to know why.
:20:16. > :20:22.So where did the water start coming in?
:20:23. > :20:24.It came through the tiles in the utility room...
:20:25. > :20:26.Martin Shoobridge and Julie Butters live in Huntington Road.
:20:27. > :20:30.The Foss runs right behind their house but despite an automated
:20:31. > :20:33.warning from the Environment Agency on Boxing Day they didn't rdally
:20:34. > :20:44.believe their house would be flooded.
:20:45. > :20:47.It was Boxing Day afternoon on the Sunday and we just looked out
:20:48. > :20:50.of the window and it looked like there were quite a few people
:20:51. > :20:54.I went out about an hour later and thought...
:20:55. > :20:58.While we were stood there, you could see it coming up the road,
:20:59. > :21:02.Did you have any urgency in moving your stuff
:21:03. > :21:12.Martin was like "I'm going to have my tea."
:21:13. > :21:19.As the evening wore on, the water crept ever nearer
:21:20. > :21:22.Still at that point, we thought we'll lift some stuff
:21:23. > :21:25.upstairs but it's probably not going to come in.
:21:26. > :21:36.About five in the morning, we heard an almighty crash so I came
:21:37. > :21:38.downstairs and there was two foot of water in the hallway.
:21:39. > :21:41.So I waded through into the kitchen and two fridge freezers
:21:42. > :21:44.There's no doubt that the rainfall figures
:21:45. > :21:46.for both November and December were extraordinary but Martin
:21:47. > :21:48.and Julie and other residents in Huntington Road believe
:21:49. > :21:51.that the flooding to their houses was directly caused by the decision
:21:52. > :21:55.I think it's just the question of, had it been avoidable?
:21:56. > :21:59.If the answer to that is yes, that is extremely infurating.
:22:00. > :22:00.They know all about the devastating effects
:22:01. > :22:08.of flooding in the small town of Norton in North Yorkshird.
:22:09. > :22:24.Mind the garden. In 1999 it was probably about three foot...
:22:25. > :22:27.Di Keal is a local councillor but has also been flooded ott
:22:28. > :22:34.We were out of the house after the first flood for about 12
:22:35. > :22:37.months and we'd been back in the house for four months
:22:38. > :22:43.After the devastating floods of 2000, just over ?10 millhon
:22:44. > :22:45.was spent on flood defences to protect Malton and Norton
:22:46. > :22:55.But, even so, since Boxing Day, the council and Environment Agency
:22:56. > :22:59.have been pumping water 24/7 to stop riverside properties from flooding.
:23:00. > :23:01.You can see the wall in the distance there
:23:02. > :23:03.and this is actually flood wall as wdll.
:23:04. > :23:05.That does keep the Derwent within its banks.
:23:06. > :23:08.As you can also see with thd pumping that's going on behind us
:23:09. > :23:10.there are still problems with water on the dry side.
:23:11. > :23:13.So every time there is a flood, in the back
:23:14. > :23:15.of your mind, you're thinking, "Will this flood defence hold?"
:23:16. > :23:19.Exactly, and in 2012 there was water coming
:23:20. > :23:23.It was very, very high - only about two bricks from the top
:23:24. > :23:27.of the defences so it's a constant anxiety.
:23:28. > :23:30.But what happens when the flood defence that you think will protect
:23:31. > :23:33.While we were filming, representatives from
:23:34. > :23:35.the Environment Agency turndd up in Huntington Road.
:23:36. > :23:37.Martin and Julie let them know exactly how they felt.
:23:38. > :23:41.If it was a decision made that led to this level
:23:42. > :23:44.of devastation, people need to be held accountable and compensation
:23:45. > :23:55.We need to await the investhgation into what happened.
:23:56. > :23:58.So apparently there will be an investigation but it seels
:23:59. > :23:59.this is not the first time
:24:00. > :24:06.In this flood risk assessment produced in 2011,
:24:07. > :24:15.which came to light last week thanks to BBC Radio York,
:24:16. > :24:18.it is made clear that the Foss barrier failed for three to four
:24:19. > :24:26.hours in the floods of November 2000.
:24:27. > :24:36.It goes on to say that, 'Flooding in the River Foss
:24:37. > :24:37.catchment was only narrowly avoided.'
:24:38. > :24:39.The pumps were refurbished after the floods
:24:40. > :24:47.of 2000 but as this document states, flood mapping undertaken
:24:48. > :24:50.by the Environment Agency in 20 4 shows 'that the greatest risk
:24:51. > :24:53.of flooding from the River Foss to the city of York
:24:54. > :24:56.is as a direct result of the capacity of the pumps
:24:57. > :25:01.And that's exactly what happened on Boxing Day.
:25:02. > :25:03.So I've come to ask the Environment Agency
:25:04. > :25:07.Who made the decision to allow the 600 properties along
:25:08. > :25:10.The river levels in the Foss were higher than those in the Ouse
:25:11. > :25:14.and if we hadn't raised the barrier as a result of that around 600
:25:15. > :25:18.Those 600 are part of a widdr 1 00 properties would but had the barrier
:25:19. > :25:26.remained in place they would have flooded anyway.
:25:27. > :25:32.and tragic for those people who were and tragic for those people who were
:25:33. > :25:33.flooded, but had the barrier remained in place, they would have
:25:34. > :25:35.been flooded anyway. So just to be clear,
:25:36. > :25:37.what you're saying is, that whether the barrier
:25:38. > :25:40.was in the up or down position, those 600 properties would have
:25:41. > :25:42.flooded come what may? Those 600 properties
:25:43. > :25:47.would have flooded. So I guess the bottom line hs why
:25:48. > :25:50.is this barrier not more resilient? Why did it fail to cope
:25:51. > :25:53.with the volume of water OK - what was happening,
:25:54. > :26:01.and we need to do further investigations
:26:02. > :26:09.to understand exactly why this happened, was that water was coming
:26:10. > :26:11.up through the floor The building is designed to be
:26:12. > :26:22.resilient so we need to investigate If we need to make changes to make
:26:23. > :26:26.the barrier more resilient, we will do that.
:26:27. > :26:28.As for the future, is the barrier going to be
:26:29. > :26:30.changed to cope with ever higher river levels?
:26:31. > :26:33.As part of making sure we repair the pumping station and makd it
:26:34. > :26:35.as resilient as possible we will look at increasing
:26:36. > :26:38.the pumping capacity but that will be part of a longer
:26:39. > :26:42.So in the short term you can't reassure the residents if that type
:26:43. > :26:47.If that type of event happens again the pumps will work
:26:48. > :27:11.We will find out what happened which means we wouldn't have to shut down
:27:12. > :27:12.the pumps in the way we did. On the cupboard, and thankfully it did not
:27:13. > :27:19.come up high enough to get there. So little comfort then
:27:20. > :27:21.for Martin and Julie ? currently staying at a hotel in York
:27:22. > :27:23.while work continues And over in Norton, Di Keal is in no
:27:24. > :27:29.doubt that money ? a lot of money - is needed to defend people's
:27:30. > :27:31.homes against flooding. Do you think we can justify spending
:27:32. > :27:33.millions and millions of pounds of taxpayers
:27:34. > :27:38.money on what will be Yes, I do and I feel
:27:39. > :27:50.strongly about it. But I think the Government really
:27:51. > :28:01.needs to take it seriously. It's not the way any of us
:28:02. > :28:04.would have wanted to welcomd in the New Year ? A resoluthon
:28:05. > :28:08.is what everyone wants but it may be Hello, I'm Sophie Long
:28:09. > :28:20.with your 90 second update. Talks to avoid a second
:28:21. > :28:22.doctors' strike in England The government says it'll force
:28:23. > :28:24.through new contracts, Hospitals are battling to reschedule
:28:25. > :28:29.thousands of postponed operations Four men have been arrested
:28:30. > :28:34.on suspicion of child neglect at this young offenders
:28:35. > :28:36.centre in Kent. Panorama had footage that appears
:28:37. > :28:43.to show G4S staff using An avalanche in the French Alps
:28:44. > :28:46.has swept away a party of schoolchildren.
:28:47. > :28:51.Three are known to have died. Child killer Robert Black died
:28:52. > :28:55.yesterday in prison.