:00:08. > :00:10.Britain's flood defences are now in need of a "complete rethink" -
:00:11. > :00:12.according to the Environment Agency.
:00:13. > :00:20.Northern England is still badly affected -
:00:21. > :00:21.there are nine severe flood warnings in force,
:00:22. > :00:23.including at least five in the York area.
:00:24. > :00:26.David Cameron was visiting York today, where hundreds of people have
:00:27. > :00:30.He said extra measures could be considered.
:00:31. > :00:33.After any of these events we should look at what we are planning
:00:34. > :00:36.to build, what we are planning to spend and think, do we need
:00:37. > :00:40.Also today - in Essex - an 81 year-old woman is shot dead
:00:41. > :00:48.We report from the city of Ramadi - where the Iraqi army says it's now
:00:49. > :00:53.in control, having dislodged so-called Islamic State.
:00:54. > :00:58.And in Durban - England's cricketers are in a commanding position -
:00:59. > :01:16.after the third day of the first Test against South Africa.
:01:17. > :01:22.Britain's flood defences are in need of a 'complete rethink' -
:01:23. > :01:25.following the widespread flooding in parts of northern England -
:01:26. > :01:30.The call was made as the Prime Minister visited the city of York -
:01:31. > :01:32.where hundreds of people have been forced out of their homes
:01:33. > :01:36.Mr Cameron said the Government would look carefully at suggestions
:01:37. > :01:44.There are 49 flood warnings in force across northern England -
:01:45. > :01:48.with 9 severe flood warnings - at least 5 of them in the York area
:01:49. > :01:57.- so let's join our correspondent Judith Moritz in York tonight.
:01:58. > :02:05.Yes, the water is receding, the Environment Agency tell me. From its
:02:06. > :02:10.peak the River Ouse hit 5.2 metres and by tomorrow lunchtime they think
:02:11. > :02:13.it will have dropped by half a metre to everyone's great relief. As you
:02:14. > :02:17.can see there is still a great deal of standing water around York, today
:02:18. > :02:23.that has affected everyone in one way or another. There are emergency
:02:24. > :02:28.teams here from around the UK working flat out. Communications
:02:29. > :02:33.have been down and phone lines affected, really difficult for
:02:34. > :02:37.anyone, even not directly flooded, there businesses who cannot process
:02:38. > :02:41.card payments and queues at the banks, just living in this City,
:02:42. > :02:44.getting around and living here is really difficult. Other people of
:02:45. > :02:48.your kid has been a really challenging day. -- for the people
:02:49. > :02:50.of York. It's only from the sky that you can
:02:51. > :02:54.appreciate the expanse of ground covered by these floods,
:02:55. > :02:56.and it's from the air that help An RAF Chinook was flown in to bring
:02:57. > :03:07.machinery to help repair The only way to bring this equipment
:03:08. > :03:12.in is by air because all along this stretch of the River Foss,
:03:13. > :03:14.the roads are extensively cut off. The Foss flood barrier
:03:15. > :03:17.failed here on Boxing Day. The Environment Agency says it chose
:03:18. > :03:23.to leave the gate open as keeping it closed would have caused even more
:03:24. > :03:28.properties to flood. The airlift brought new equipment
:03:29. > :03:31.to get defence is working again with the aim of pumping water away
:03:32. > :03:35.from the River Foss which has not With such widespread flooding has
:03:36. > :03:41.come a massive emergency response involving soldiers and rescue
:03:42. > :03:46.teams from across the UK. Meeting some of them,
:03:47. > :03:50.the Prime Minister defended his government's spending
:03:51. > :03:52.on flood protection. Here in Yorkshire for instance
:03:53. > :03:55.we have spent ?100 million on flood defences since I became
:03:56. > :03:57.Prime Minister. We are planning to spend
:03:58. > :03:59.another ?280 million, That is obviously of no comfort
:04:00. > :04:06.to the people who have been flooded All of our hearts go out to them,
:04:07. > :04:12.because to be flooded It has been made more terrible
:04:13. > :04:16.when it happens at Christmas Meanwhile out in the city centre
:04:17. > :04:21.the rescuers continue. Wheels are no use along here,
:04:22. > :04:24.and travelling by boat is the only way for teams like this one
:04:25. > :04:26.from the West Midlands We have been deployed three times
:04:27. > :04:36.in the last 12 hours, ranging from medical emergencies,
:04:37. > :04:43.assisting the ambulance crews to get that are not accessible
:04:44. > :04:53.by land ambulance. All day, those stranded
:04:54. > :04:55.in their homes have been Whether by boat or by piggyback,
:04:56. > :04:59.the job to get absolutely everybody Some 14 miles south of York,
:05:00. > :05:03.the town of Selby is also threatened About 200 soldiers have been
:05:04. > :05:06.working in the area - trying to improve the
:05:07. > :05:08.town's flood defences. The River Ouse is expected to peak
:05:09. > :05:11.within the next hour. For the latest, we can
:05:12. > :05:21.join our correspondent Dan Johnson. Yes, they have just got through
:05:22. > :05:25.another high tide here, the water is up against the bridge here but it
:05:26. > :05:29.appears that the town and villages across this part of the River Ouse
:05:30. > :05:34.have been spared. It doesn't mean people haven't felt the impact of
:05:35. > :05:35.the water, it has affected all kinds of different people in different
:05:36. > :05:36.ways. What does a farmer
:05:37. > :05:42.do without dry land? Chris Elcock's family have
:05:43. > :05:44.been here for 80 years. The boat has replaced
:05:45. > :05:48.the tractor before. It is looking like it is
:05:49. > :05:55.receding quite well now. Hopefully in the next few days
:05:56. > :05:58.we will start getting rid But in the meantime,
:05:59. > :06:08.five feet beneath the surface, the wheat fields that Chris relies
:06:09. > :06:13.on are doing an important job. Up there is the river,
:06:14. > :06:16.overflowing the banking, that is the flood defence and it
:06:17. > :06:19.means that all of the water is filling up the fields and it
:06:20. > :06:21.looks dramatic but this is what is supposed to happen,
:06:22. > :06:24.it's a flood plain in action. That means the town,
:06:25. > :06:31.Selby, stays dry. Even when the river is at peak
:06:32. > :06:34.level, but those who live closest to it are still left
:06:35. > :06:35.feeling vulnerable. Hoping more water doesn't pour
:06:36. > :06:42.through the defences. I have been here for seven years but
:06:43. > :06:45.I've never seen Karen's home is a downstairs
:06:46. > :06:47.riverfront flat. If the water comes in,
:06:48. > :06:50.she has nowhere else to go. We all come together
:06:51. > :06:54.like we are as a neighbourhood, and hopefully have something
:06:55. > :06:56.resolved and hope it I would say, the Army probably need
:06:57. > :07:07.to come down and actually Even escaping all of this has been
:07:08. > :07:14.difficult, there has been disruption to traffic and trains
:07:15. > :07:18.because the main bridges are closed. Back on the farm it will be a few
:07:19. > :07:24.weeks before it is even possible to work out if Chris's
:07:25. > :07:29.crop can be saved. We are getting used to it
:07:30. > :07:32.the past few years. It is becoming a side
:07:33. > :07:34.that we are seeing quite regularly. It is just something
:07:35. > :07:37.you accept as part of it? We can't do anything
:07:38. > :07:39.else except accept it. It is not expected to go much
:07:40. > :07:46.further, even when the river They may be over the worst but few
:07:47. > :07:53.here will rest easy, fearing in the days to come
:07:54. > :07:55.that more water could be As we heard, the Environment Agency
:07:56. > :08:01.has called for a 'complete rethink' of Britain's flood
:08:02. > :08:03.defences - along with extra measures including better
:08:04. > :08:05.waterproofing of homes and improved warning systems -
:08:06. > :08:08.as experts warn that extreme weather is likely to become even more
:08:09. > :08:13.familiar in the years ahead. The government has already said it
:08:14. > :08:17.will spend ?2.3 billion on flood defences by 2020 -
:08:18. > :08:19.as our science editor David Shukman The astonishing sight of a torrent
:08:20. > :08:30.thundering down a hillside in the Peak
:08:31. > :08:31.District. A glimpse of the volumes
:08:32. > :08:34.of water causing such The emergency response
:08:35. > :08:40.is now well drilled. The site of rescue teams all too
:08:41. > :08:43.familiar, but these seem to raise questions about why
:08:44. > :08:45.the defences were overwhelmed in the first place and a major
:08:46. > :08:50.review is now underway. We always after instances like this
:08:51. > :08:53.look at what happened, what we can take from that,
:08:54. > :08:56.but we need to do differently This will be no different
:08:57. > :08:59.to any other incident we have Many of the challenges
:09:00. > :09:03.are nothing new. In 2007 serious flooding
:09:04. > :09:06.in the north and west of England left 300,000 people
:09:07. > :09:11.without running water. There was a very detailed study back
:09:12. > :09:15.then into what went wrong. That review into the flood defences
:09:16. > :09:18.in the country called for a long list of improvements but have
:09:19. > :09:24.lessons been learned since then? The study called for better
:09:25. > :09:26.co-ordination between the emergency services and far better equipment
:09:27. > :09:28.like the inflatable boats It also wanted key infrastructure
:09:29. > :09:37.far better protected. Roads, rail lines, power networks,
:09:38. > :09:39.many have been flooded And it said sandbags should no
:09:40. > :09:48.longer be relied upon. But you technology using plastic
:09:49. > :09:51.or metal should be used instead. But even now sandbags
:09:52. > :09:55.are still proving vital. This comes as many people claim
:09:56. > :09:57.the areas hit hardest in northern There is a real discrepancy -
:09:58. > :10:06.people are starting to get In the levels of funding
:10:07. > :10:10.going into the North compared I think council leaders will come
:10:11. > :10:14.together and work to lobby The Government denies this,
:10:15. > :10:19.pointing to this map of flood Those marked in blue
:10:20. > :10:25.are being planned and it says the ?2.3 billion budget
:10:26. > :10:29.is being spent fairly. But as the floodwaters linger
:10:30. > :10:31.and the calm conditions today make way for another storm tomorrow
:10:32. > :10:37.night, the arguments will intensify. Over how much is spent
:10:38. > :10:43.on flood defence and where. In the day's other news: police
:10:44. > :10:47.in Essex say an 81-year-old woman has been shot dead -
:10:48. > :10:49.allegedly by a relative - at a care home in
:10:50. > :10:53.Walton-on-the-Naze. A murder inquiry has
:10:54. > :10:57.been launched and a man Our correspondent Daniel Boettcher
:10:58. > :11:00.has sent this report. De La Mer House is a care home
:11:01. > :11:03.in Walton-on-the-Naze on the Essex coast, just a short
:11:04. > :11:05.distance from the seafront. This morning police were called
:11:06. > :11:07.after reports that a woman had Officers and ambulance crews
:11:08. > :11:17.arrived. She had apparently been shot,
:11:18. > :11:21.allegedly by a man who is also It is an unusual investigation,
:11:22. > :11:24.both parties involved Around forensic recovery
:11:25. > :11:38.and some enquiries. Police have provisionally identified
:11:39. > :11:42.the woman as 81-year-old Rita King. The manager of the home has
:11:43. > :11:46.described how following the alleged attack, which she did not witness,
:11:47. > :11:49.a man came towards her with a gun and she was able to persuade him
:11:50. > :11:52.to hand it to her. First of all I thought it was not
:11:53. > :11:56.real, I thought it was a toy gun and as I got closer
:11:57. > :11:59.I could see it was real. I was aware I had two
:12:00. > :12:01.staff behind me and there All I can remember thinking
:12:02. > :12:05.was somehow I've got to get the gun. Police say that a revolver
:12:06. > :12:09.was recovered and a man in his 80s has been arrested on
:12:10. > :12:10.suspicion of murder. Detectives say that he and the woman
:12:11. > :12:13.who died were related. Officers have spoken to members
:12:14. > :12:15.of staff to establish They have been comforting some
:12:16. > :12:20.of those who work here and helping Tonight the police enquiries
:12:21. > :12:28.continue but officers say they are not not looking
:12:29. > :12:30.for anyone else in connection The Iraqi prime minister has
:12:31. > :12:38.declared that 2016 will see the total defeat of so-called
:12:39. > :12:41.Islamic State in Iraq. Haider al-Abadi was speaking
:12:42. > :12:45.after Iraqi forces - backed by coalition air strikes -
:12:46. > :12:48.had recaptured the city of Ramadi - which lies
:12:49. > :12:50.to the west of Baghdad Our correspondent Thomas Fessy has
:12:51. > :12:55.travelled with the Iraqi forces to the outskirts of Ramadi and has
:12:56. > :12:58.just sent this report. The remains of Ramadi,
:12:59. > :13:01.a city ravaged by war. This is a place that's suffered over
:13:02. > :13:06.a decade of sporadic conflict, but a week-long battle
:13:07. > :13:08.against so-called Islamic State has We set off with Iraqi
:13:09. > :13:14.forces as they continued They've cleared the main street,
:13:15. > :13:23.but tension is still high, so we were only allowed out
:13:24. > :13:26.of the convoy for a few moments. This is what Ramadi looks
:13:27. > :13:29.like a week into the offensive We can't really wander out
:13:30. > :13:38.of the main streets, because there's still hidden
:13:39. > :13:40.explosive devices and booby-traps This is them abandoning the city
:13:41. > :13:50.to Islamic State fighters in May. They were trained by coalition
:13:51. > :13:52.forces over the last few months and mounted an offensive with Sunni
:13:53. > :13:55.tribal fighters to retake the city. The US, Britain and the coalition
:13:56. > :13:58.partners conducted air strikes The Iraqi flag is back
:13:59. > :14:09.on top of the former Only a few pockets
:14:10. > :14:12.of resistance remain. This success will boost
:14:13. > :14:14.the morale of Iraqi forces, so far conceded not up
:14:15. > :14:24.to take on Islamic State. TRANSLATION: There's no big
:14:25. > :14:28.challenge with Daesh. And if we would take the whole
:14:29. > :14:31.of Anbar province we could move We are providing our
:14:32. > :14:38.forces with weapons. This is what it took
:14:39. > :14:43.to retake Ramadi. Iraqi troops are close to victory
:14:44. > :14:45.here but the city has been This has been the most
:14:46. > :14:51.significant ground campaign against Islamic State so far,
:14:52. > :14:55.but it has taken months to see it start, and the battles ahead
:14:56. > :15:02.will only get tougher. Cricket - and England
:15:03. > :15:04.are in a commanding position after day three of the first Test
:15:05. > :15:09.against South Africa in Durban. The home side were bowled out
:15:10. > :15:12.for 214 before the tourists built a second-innings lead of 261,
:15:13. > :15:17.as Patrick Gearey reports. Stuart Broad is now a bowler of such
:15:18. > :15:20.stature that it seems his reputation is enough to break
:15:21. > :15:24.a batsman's concentration. Second ball he was still getting
:15:25. > :15:28.loose - loose enough. England would need more
:15:29. > :15:30.than the Broad brush. JP Duminy then Kyle Abbot
:15:31. > :15:36.foxed by the spin. That left Dean Elgar
:15:37. > :15:38.conducting the South African His century of resistance
:15:39. > :15:44.was a rousing response, but there was no
:15:45. > :15:46.lasting accompaniment. England finished their morning's
:15:47. > :15:48.work with a new ball. Six wickets taken,
:15:49. > :15:51.a lead of 89 runs. South African chances now
:15:52. > :15:53.depended on their bowlers, but Dale Steyn succumbed
:15:54. > :15:55.to the strain. Alex Hales attempted
:15:56. > :16:01.to put him in his place. Unfortunately for him that place
:16:02. > :16:06.was in the hands of the fielder. If South Africa had any grip
:16:07. > :16:09.on the game, was this the moment Joe Root was pardoned
:16:10. > :16:12.by AB de Villiers. In his second life Root was a freed
:16:13. > :16:15.man, taking England further There are regular updates
:16:16. > :16:26.throughout the night