phil mackie has been to see some of the people caught up in the floods. remember this nick lupton s house surrounded by floods and defended by the wall he built? the film we took last week has been viewed more than 30 million times. today, the house is attached to the mainland again. welcome. glad to see it so dry, at last. yes, dry is good. after being stranded inside for a week, the waters receded and we got to see the defenses close up. you can see previously we had a little bit of damp coming up the wall. oh, it s always a relief when the river goes down. we re into the recovery now. there s a fewjobs to do, even though the wall is keeping it away from the house. during storm henk, a torrent of water began pouring in. but the walls kept it out. nick built his flood wall 30 centimetres higher than the record level, but it may not be enough in the future. in the old days, we used to put these temporary barriers up here, which used to take hours and hours to put up dave throup spe
i have got kids. it isjust instinct. i had to do something. there are still hundreds of flood warnings in place and a severe one on the river near tenby in pembrokeshire. an earlier severe warning in the river in northamptonshire has been removed. back in worcester they are dealing with the port flood since october. there are lots of flood defences along the severn but many had to do the work for themselves. this family beat their own fault flood wall and it is working well. this is becoming a familiar scene for people in worcester but too familiar? these sorts of big floods didn t used to happen nearly as often and now they seem to be happening nearly every year. the expected peak here isn t until tomorrow night by which time the river may come close to the record high, four years ago. for those trying to keep water out it would be a worrying 2a hours. phil mackie, bbc news, worcester. a medieval cemetery has been unearthed near an airport runway in cardiff. the 70 graves found have p
along the severn but many had to do the work for themselves. reluctant family beat their own fault flood wall and it is working well. this is becoming a familiar scene for people in worcester but to familiar? these sorts of big floods didn t used to happen nearly as often and now they seem to be happening nearly every year. the expected peak care isn t until tomorrow night by which time the river may come close to the record four years ago. for those trying to keep water out it would be a worrying 2a hours. phil mackie, bbc news, worcester. the world of darts has never seen anything like it. 16 year old luke littler has already made history and nowjust one more match stands between him and the pdc world darts championship title. the final is tonight he ll face the new world number one at alexandra palace in london. 0ur sports correspondent natalie pirks is there. a big night. a huge one. luke
this family built their own flood wall, and it is working well. this is becoming a familiar scene for people in worcester, but too familiar? these sorts of big floods didn t used to happen nearly as often, and now they seem to be happening nearly every year. the expected peak here isn t until tomorrow night, by which time the river may come close to the record high from four years ago. for those trying to keep water out, it will be a worrying 2a hours. phil mackie, bbc news, worcester. the owners of pontins in southport have confirmed they re to close the holiday park for good. they d just hosted a new year s eve party for families, but since then it s been shut due to flooding. it s the third of the company s holiday parks to close since november. sefton council, the landowner in southport, says it hasn t been informed of the closure. with a general election almost certain, it could be a momentous year in politics. mps return to westminster next week, but it s a couple of the smaller
he is going to fall into the bridge. please, get my baby of the car. get my baby out of the car, she is only three or two , i don t know what she was shouting or babbling. i m a father, i have got kids. it isjust instinct. i had to do something. there are still hundreds of flood warnings in place and a severe one on the river near tenby in pembrokeshire. an earlier severe warning in the river in northamptonshire has been removed. back in worcester, they are dealing with the fourth flood since october. there are lots of flood defences along the severn but many have had to do the work for themselves. this family built their own flood wall and it is working well. this is becoming a familiar scene for people in worcester, but too familiar? these sorts of big floods didn t used to happen nearly as often and now they seem to be happening nearly every year. the expected peak care isn t until tomorrow night, the expected peak here isn t until tomorrow night, by which time the river may come c