A £7million flood defence scheme is being launched to help a Lancashire village ravaged by the 2015 Boxing Day downpours.

£7m flood defence scheme for Croston

A £7million scheme to help protect hundreds of homes in a village devastated by floods is about to be unveiled.


£7m scheme to protect homes from floods

It's a year since severe flooding plagued a lot of the region

Flood-hit communities' respite over the weekend as experts predict river levels will fall in the next few days, despite persistent rainfall

The RAF chinook is back in the Lancashire village of Croston dropping more sandbags to shore up a flood defence breach on the River Douglas.

The Army and emergency services are continuing in their efforts to fill a gap in a flood defence near the village of Croston in Lancashire.

The residents of Croston are preparing for the worst as Storm Frank hits the UK, bringing further rain to communities already hit by floods.

Families forced to abandon their homes and sleep at the Croston Sports Club for the past two nights