The flooding which devastated parts of Workington in Cumbria has been high on the election agenda. Bridges collapsed and hundreds of people were rescued from their homes when rivers burst their banks ...

A Cumbrian town divided when floods destroyed its river crossings, killing a police officer, has been re-united by a temporary footbridge. Workington's Barker Crossing, built by the Army, is named ...

A temporary railway station has opened in Workington to help reconnect the two sides of the flood-hit Cumbrian town. Several bridges collapsed during the floods on 20 November, effectively ...

Work has begun on the removal of a temporary footbridge which linked the two sides of Workington in the wake of Cumbria's devastating floods. Barker's Crossing, which was built by the Army, is no ...

Workington's Northside Bridge was destroyed in the November floods Work to clear the remains of a bridge that collapsed in Cumbria is to begin. Workington's Northside Bridge was destroyed when ...

Town residents want to permanently mark the impact of the floods Town residents in Cumbria are to erect a memorial to mark the impact of devastating floods which claimed the life of a police ...

Eight miles upstream from Workington, the town of Cockermouth, which had flooded in 2005 and 2008, was flooding again. So, further inland, was Keswick. But Workington was not expected to suffer.

The areas at risk are along the coast from Silloth to St Bees Head including Allonby, Maryport, Flimby, Workington, Parton and Whitehaven. Flooding is also possible along the coastline from Gretna ...

Cumbria, England, devastated by flood COCKERMOUTH, England, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- A massive cleanup operation was under way in Cumbria, England, after a foot of rain smashed bridges and left craters in ...

The floods caused about £300 million of damage in Cumbria alone. Scores of communities both large and small across the west of the county were badly affected, with many unable to return to their ...

A flood warning and eight flood alerts are in force in Cumbria after several days of heavy rain in the county. ... Maryport, Flimby, Workington, Parton and Whitehaven. Silloth Credit: James Smith.