Communities pull together a week on from Storm Desmond

A week on from the devastation wreaked by Storm Desmond, the communities who've suffered say their fightback has begun.

The torrential rain and high winds forced thousands of people from their homes in Cumbria and Lancashire, the damage is expected to run into hundreds of millions pounds.

Drying out, repairs, and rebuilding will take many months, and there's a warning of more rain on the way.

But the message coming from the areas worst-affected tonight is that people are working together to try to make sure its busines as usual