Clear-up from the Boxing Day floods continues
Flooding on Boxing Day devastated large parts of Yorkshire.
Flooding on Boxing Day devastated large parts of Yorkshire.
A former government advisor says the devastation caused by unprecedented rainfall in our region was predicted years ago - and could have been avoided.
It is a month since areas including the Calder Valley were deluged with water on Boxing Day. Homes and businesses were submerged, and many people had to be rescued.
''In the 1990s we produced a comprehensive report, which is still valid today. Just pointing out that this was likely to happen.
''At the time the labour government, and successive governments did nothing either. They think that because climate change is a slow-burn problem, it won't happen on our watch.''
Meanwhile, today in Mytholmroyd, 30 soldiers took to the streets, helping to batten down the hatches as the rain continued to fall.
Hundreds of thousands of homeowners who had been affected by flooding - should find it easier to get house insurance from today.
Two halves of a town which was divided when its historic bridge collapsed in Christmas floods have been reunited by a new footbridge.
Workmen have pulled back ruined boarding to reveal a wall full of posters which have not been seen since they were put in way back in 1882.