Looking back: Five years since floods hit the region

The floods caused about £300 million of damage in Cumbria alone.

Some businesses were pushed to the brink and not all were covered by insurance.

Katie Hunter's report starts at Wordsworth House and Garden in Cockermouth.

The widow of PC Bill Barker says 'time has no meaning' when it comes to coping with the death of her husband.

PC Barker, a father of four, died when the Northside Bridge collapsed in Workington in November 2009. He was swept away in the flood water and his body found several hours later.

On the fifth anniversary of the flooding, Hazel Barker has spoken of her families grief and of the support she says she still receives from the public:

Dumfries also suffered badly five years ago, as it has many times over almost a century.

The River Nith regularly bursts its banks, causing damage to local businesses and homes on the Whitesands. But despite years of campaigning and flood defence plans being brought forward, the area is still unprotected.

Colleagues of PC Bill Barker have been remembering him, five years after his death.

The father of four died when the Northside Bridge in Workington collapsed during the floods of 2009. Those on duty at the time say the support of the public helped them deal with the county-wide emergency, and the death of a friend.

Assistant Chief Constable Steve Johnson is from Cumbria Police:

5 years ago severe flood warnings were in place and parts of our region were about to suffer a deluge.

In West Cumbria alone, 1300 homes and businesses were flooded.

Hannah McNulty has been back to see some of the people whose lives were changed forever by those events five years ago.

Since 2009 thousands of homes have been protected by new defences.

People have got involved in local flood groups but has enough been done and could an event like 2009 happen again?

Tim Backshall has been investigating.

Mabel Proctor was Cockermouth's oldest evacuee at 95-years-old . Earlier this year Mabel celebrated her 100th birthday. Here's a reminder of her story:

Well Mabel has moved again and she's still in Cockermouth.

Pam Royle went to meet Mabel her, to be shown around her new room in the home where she's now settled.

It's 5 years since floods in West Cumbria destroyed 1300 homes and businesses.

But out of the devastation came some positive stories. Livy Bremner's Cockermouth home was badly damaged, but a year later she followed a dream which was to open a children's clothes shop.

It's five years since the floods started that devastated parts of Cumbria.

Cockermouth, Keswick and Workington were worst affected as torrential rain lead to hundreds of homes and businesses being flooded and bridges destroyed.

The Environment Agency has spent millions of pounds on new flood defences but says it can never entirely eliminate the risk.