good evening from doncaster. we are right by the river don which has burst its banks and flooded the industrial park just has burst its banks and flooded the industrial parkjust behind me here. the water level of the river has risen five metres in the last couple of days. that gives you a sense of the scale of the problem is that the authorities are having to deal with. elsewhere, a woman has lost her life after being swept away in rising floodwaters following the torrential rain that has hit so many parts of northern england and the midlands. her body was recovered from the river derwent in derbyshire a little earlier today. meanwhile, in yorkshire, there are severe flood warnings and a number of homes have had to be evacuated and there has been chaos on the road and rail network. there are now more than 100 flood warnings and alerts in place across england, with south yorkshire, including parts of sheffield, rotherham and doncaster affected. areas of derbyshire are affected by flood alerts and warnings. six sev

fiona trott, bbc news, doncaster. it's been a busy day on the election campaign trail, with the main parties unveiling new policy pledges. the conservatives have announced plans to train more gps while labour and the liberal democrats are focusing on more support for childcare. here's our political correspondent, iain watson. it's enough to raise your blood pressure. you know what it's like? try to get in on urgent appointment with your doctor and you can wet days, sometimes one of the week. today the conservatives promised an injection of more gps into the health service in england by 2025. the package will deliver 6000 more doctors in primary care and that will lead to 50 million more appointments. i know how frustrating it is when you cannot get a gp appointment fast enough. but hang on, what happened to the 5000 gps the conservatives promised at the 2015 election? that target has not been reached. the reality will be seeing these delivered on. whichever government we have it a few weeks' time, we need to recognise

just slightly north of doncaster. and even though the rain has held off so far today, it is nothing like what we saw all throughout yesterday and last night, the torrential downpours, but there is still concern about the rising river levels. the river don is at a level

danny savage, bbc news, doncaster. coming up on bbc news, newswatch. but first, click. in towns and cities across the uk, a tech revolution is slowly being born. one antenna at a time. bit by bit, 56 is becoming a thing, and while all the infrastructure might look a bit dull, take a look at this. this is a speed test to this phone, which right now is getting data speeds of 390mbps. not bad. yeah, this new network is going to be so fast that we'll be able to download in a heartbeat and stream video to multiple devices at once. in order to allow this to properly take off, with high speed and minimal delay, we're going to see lots of new antennas, each serving small areas. and some of them may use much higher frequency radio waves than previous mobile networks. but having these antennas everywhere has given some people pause for thought. they believe that 56 radio waves could cause health problems, and they're campaigning for the rollout to be halted. now, this protest group is small but vocal, and it does seem to be growing. so paul carter went to brighton to meet some of

my colleague clive myrie is in doncaster tonight. yes, huw, on ourway into on our way into the city today we saw some streets, submerged cars, com pletely saw some streets, submerged cars, completely un—possible, then the river don, a full five metres higher thanit river don, a full five metres higher than it should be this time of year. in areas it has ever they might burst its banks and you can see what it has done to this area behind me, this road completely un—passable. my correspondent danny savage spent some time today with the rescuers and the residents trying to deal with all of this mess. as floodwaters rose rapidly across the east midlands, derbyshire and yorkshire, a woman died after being swept away in rowsley, near matlock. she went missing in the early hours near here, and her body was recovered from the river derwent in darley dale this morning. in doncaster, the main river through the town burst its banks and overflowed into nearby streets. anything and everything was used as a huge community effort to save belong

robert holl in doncaster. phil mackie is in matlock in derbyshire close to where the body of a woman has been recovered from the floodwater. what more do we know about this woman death? she was swept away in the early hours of this morning, the river derwent is really swollen and fast flowing and i am not quite sure of the circumstances as to how this happened and her body was recovered a couple of miles north of your u pstrea m a couple of miles north of your upstream on the river derwent at about 10:40am upstream on the river derwent at about10:40am and upstream on the river derwent at about 10:40am and the announcement came through over one hour ago by throughout the morning, as robert described, sirens everywhere, ambulances and fire crews all over matlock and the surrounding areas. you can see down the road, a couple of minutes ago you can possibly see on the right of the screen, businesses have flooded and there is a marks and spencers and people say they heard a loud bang there, possibly an electric cir

and that appeal is the doncaster council. and that appeal is to doncaster council. where are you? come and help us, at least communicate, tell us what we are expecting. and can we coordinate with the environment agency? are the pumps going to be switched back on? because how is this water going to go? there is so much water around this area that you can see, never mind what you can't see. so what is the disaster recovery plan? please tell us. pam webber speaking to me a little earlier on from fishlake. very angry with the response of the local authority there. the headlines on bbc news... the royal family and senior politicians joined military veterans and religious leaders at the cenotaph to remember those who lost their lives in conflict. in the election, there's a row over spending after the conservatives publish what they claim would be the cost of a labour government. floods in south yorkshire continue to cause chaos with seven severe warnings still in place — meaning there's a danger to life. at least six people have died in a cyclone near the border between india and bang

danny savage, bbc news, doncaster. the forecast from the environment agency have been absolutely crucial to local authorities trying to work out where the effort should be concentrated. i want to talk a little bit that now with professor hannah cloak who is a flood forecasts are based at reading university. a lot of people will be thinking back to 2007 and the bad floods then. have we got a similar weather pattern that has sparked this incident? we have a lot of rain and wind you have this much rain, there is nothing you can do. the river will burst its banks and spread like it has done. so yes, it is just about the amount of rain that has fallen. presumably, the rivers ability to cope. the forecasting is crucial because there are flood defences which can be activated. there are temporary flood plains if you like for example are near roth or ram. that is all what they need to know what people are going to happen ——... they need to know what people are going to happen --... we had a reasonable forecast of rain this

robert hall is in doncaster this lunchtime. robert? yes, this is st mary's bridge, about a quarter of a mile from the centre of doncaster, this is the river don, it has been rising steadily through the morning, it is being held back at the moment for the most part. but as the surge has come down it has caused damage, if i cut to the other camera you can see the extent of the damage. the water over there between three and four feet deep, this is the picture as this surge has come down there with the. danny savage has been around doncaster and south yorkshire to assess the damage on a wider scale. in doncaster this morning, a frantic rush to get to safety and deal with the rising floodwater. anything and everything was deployed to help. yes, they were aware of the rain, but still caught by surprise. yes, they were aware of the rain, but still caught by surprisem came but still caught by surprisem ca m e really but still caught by surprisem came really quickly, to be honest. it has happened down here a couple of times, we had no warning f

earlier i spoke to craig wingfield, whose home in doncaster has been flooded. he told me that despite weather warnings, sand bags arrived too late — after there was already a foot of water in his house... on the thursday night, me and my dad went to the river don to keep anionic. we find the council on the thursday night, and asked for sandbags from the council, but how did we know that we were going to get flooded like that? then the next morning, the sandbags came at about nine o'clock. the water was a foot deepin nine o'clock. the water was a foot deep in our house. it was too late, really? you have presumably no idea now that the rain has started again, don't know if it is raining in doncaster but it is raining in the area. it is raining. heavy? yes, they've had to put all of the sandbags back—up. we could get flooded again, they are actually pumping water from the roads into the river don and then it will come back onto our street. and when you look at the prospects, you got through last night, successfully, albeit the terrible damage that has been don

and there's a sort of similar acreage in lincolnshire and doncaster underwater. what happens to wildlife and all of that land? when the water went, we had wildlife bodies all over the place. and it's so upsetting to see, by not maintaining and dredging 1% of the area which would be the river, you actually james, forgive me, there's a slight delay on the line but that point you raise about the animals bodies afterwards, many people wouldn't even think about that, thanks so much for speaking to us today and explaining that. we can speak to louise hague, she willjoin us in a moment and the former leader of the green party natalie bennett still with us. ranks were staying. am i right in thinking you went to parts of sheffield yesterday?” right in thinking you went to parts of sheffield yesterday? i live in sheffield. i have to say sorry to the people of doncaster because there is a very strong local feeling which is probably correct, flood defences built in sheffield after the 2007 floods pushed water towards doncaster. fishlake was sacrificed to save sheffield? i

danny savage, bbc news, doncaster. let's get some of the day's other news. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come: the us academy training those with disabilities to become aides to others. the bombastic establishment outsider, donald trump, has defied the pollsters to take the keys to the pollsters to take the keys to the oval office. i feel great about the oval office. i feel great about the result stop i voted for him because i genuinely believe he cares about the country. it is keeping the candidate's name always in the public either councils success or failure depends not only on public display but on the noble campaign headquarters and the heavy routine work of their women volunteers. berliners from both east and west linked hands and danced around a liberated territory. and with nobody to stop them, it wasn't long before the first attempts were made to destroy the structure itself. yasser arafat, who dominated the palestinian cause for so long has died. palestinian authority has declared a state of mourning. after i7 declared a state of mournin

danny savage, bbc news, doncaster. i want to return to our top story this hour. you may remember it is in india, thus dispute over a wholly religious site between hindus and muslims, india's top court expected to make a decision on that site imminently. our reporter joins to make a decision on that site imminently. our reporterjoins me. we are expecting this verdict anytime now? yes, that's right. the justices have assembled inside india's supreme court behind me, and as you can see outside here, the indian media has gathered en masse. this is a very important decision for indians, for hindus, muslims, for indians, for hindus, muslims, for the rest of india. so at the moment, thejustices are for the rest of india. so at the moment, the justices are delivering some of their feedback, and then the verdict will be announced. all we know, from one of my colleagues who was inside the court, is that the justices say the decision they have made is unanimous. and there have been appeals for calm. how potentially dangerous is this situation? well, it is not for me to spec

we have been felt on level of significant magnitude by doncaster council. the lack of communication to this village has been terrible and i do not know how they can possibly say that they have given us any support. the lack of communication is quite incredible. you are angry with them, obviously, ican you are angry with them, obviously, i can tell that. it is just the communication, or is it more in general that you think the authorities could have done to prevent this kind of flooding? two weeks ago, we were on high alert. we had text messages from the environment agency warning that two weeks ago, the bridge was closed, they knew there were heightened levels. there is enough local knowledge of people who have lived in the community that are in the 90s, that have said they have never flooded. fishlake will not flood, will be ok. we saw what was coming down from sheffield and the medical centre and that earlier as the don, we knew at some point it was going to come this way. what we did not know and what was not translated to us was know and what was not tr

danny savage, bbc news, doncaster. we saw the prime minister in that report visiting derbyshire to see the devastation there. and the worst may not yet be over. officials said that the river derwent in derby reached its highest—ever level earlier today, and the waters are due to peak before midnight. our correspondent phil mackie sent this report. they've never seen anything like this. it's the highest recorded level for the river derwent in derby. the floodwaters have begun to inundate parts of the city centre. the derwent still hasn't peaked, but already parts of derby city centre are now the river level, and that means as it pours out over its banks, it's pouring into streets like this. around the corner, council workers are warning local businesses to prepare for the worst. the river levels have risen substantially overnight and during the course of the day, so our absolute priority is safety of our citizens and the people in the city centre. next to the river in flats which are about to flood, residents are gett

dan johnson, bbc news, fishlake in doncaster. britain‘s economy has grown at the slowest annual rate in almost a decade, according to official figures — just 1% in the year to september. it has, though, avoided going into recession. 0ur economics editor faisal islam has the details. at this warehouse for a top tyre fitter in peterborough, business remains resilient, even as the impact of a world of economic uncertainty can be felt. the consumer is holding up, but fears around supply disruption and price rises linked to brexit have held back investment. a lot of the supply into our business comes from europe or further afield so the strength of the pound‘s important to us in terms of how we can give a good value price to the customers and that‘s certainly something that is putting pressure on us at the moment. the last quarter‘s figure showing the economy shrinking by 0.2% between april and june brought fears of recession. if the latest quarter had again been negative. so today‘s figure of plus 0.3 does bring some reli

fiona trott, bbc news, doncaster. i have been speaking to a doncaster east farmer who has been warned that his farm could flood tomorrow. asked him he felt there was any point trying to protect his farm. not really. there are some ancient flood defences around the village which have repeatedly been asked to have been restored and preserved but no—one knows who's responsibility that would be. and then they are only soil banks and such like but at the moment they are holding the water out of the village. and while they are there i don't think we will flood. what more for next time would you like the government and various agencies to do? i want them to come and talk to us and tell us what we could and couldn't do and what they are prepared to do. right now we have a main artery drain that takes the water from the village but it is blocked. and it has been for some time, probably. someone should look at that. little things like that. they don't matter so much to me but certainly they do to neighbours who are concerned

that is the picture at fishlake near doncaster. it's a busy day on the campaign trail, with less than five weeks until the general election. the conservatives have unveiled plans to train more gps, whilst labour and the liberal democrats are focussing on increasing support for childcare. here's our political correspondent peter saull. so what's going on? a saturday morning trip to a sure start centre. labour wants communities like this. hundreds of sure start centres have closed in recent years and should he become prime minister, he would bring them back. we are determined to open children's centres so that sure start can become a reality, as it was in the past, for so many of our children. all our funding commitments will be clearly there, in the grey book, that will be published alongside our manifesto. their parents might like the sound of another labour policy — extending the 30 hours of free childcare a week for two— to four—year—olds to all families. and the liberal democrats are going even further. this is 35 hours

this caravan park in doncaster was completely overwhelmed and people living here were evacuated. what has happened to your caravan? they are all — every one of them is knackered, every one of them is finished. are you insured? no. because you can't get insurance? no, i'm not entitled to it. so you've lost your home? yeah, oh, aye, yeah, we've lost our home. it's mid—afternoon and it's started raining heavily again. all this water flowing past us here is the overflow from the river don and it's going straight down this residential street, where the water's getting deeper and deeper. how much warning, if any, did you get? none, as far as i'm concerned. just in the space of 20 minutes, it all came and started coming flooding through. the house is wrecked from bottom up, carpets, laminates gone, the tv's gone, everything, electric's been cut off. we're hoping to get it sorted. like, as long as we are all out and safe, that's all that matters, really. in mansfield in nottinghamshire, a cliff gave way. the landslide led to 35 homes being evacuated. transport has been badly disrupte

fiona trott, bbc news, doncaster. the women we were speaking to in that part of doncaster today in bentley say they are used to getting stuck in and helping each other out but they are disappointed in the council not helping them do that. why not open the local community centres, they were saying, go in and get tea and coffee, hot meals, that kind of thing. why are the council being slow to respond? that lady in the report was talking about skips and the clean—up operation. doncaster tonight say they are still in the emergency response stage, dealing with what they call a very complex situation. they are hoping in about two to three days, then they can begin to look at the response and dealing with those complaints first. first and for most, like the situation here in fishlake, they most, like the situation here in fishla ke, they have most, like the situation here in fishlake, they have to respond to that first. that is their priority and then they will deal with everything else later. if it is an emergency, they s

danny savage, bbc news, doncaster. derby has also been badly affected. 0ur correspondent phil mackie reports now from the outskirts of the city. as you can see the flooding now is causing chaos in the city. roads being closed, this is one of the main routes into and out of the city. firefighters have just pulled this jaguar out of the floodwater here, the road is completely closed and a little further along here, there is a rescue taking place of some horses which have become stranded by the rising waters. in the city centre, we just heard that some residential properties are being evacuated as a precaution because the river derwent were obviously that lady died earlier on further upstream, is now peaking in the city around now and over the next couple of hours. so, the focus is now on derby and further downstream as the river peaks over the next few hours. that was fill in derby force. doctor peter innes from the university of rolling says that multiple factors have led to flooding to saturation the ground and a shift

fiona trott, bbc news, doncaster. a lot of women we were speaking to me in doncaster today in bentley saw we are used to rolling up our sleeves and getting stuck in and helping each other right but there is the point, the council not helping us do that, why not open the local community centres 7 we could go there and get tea and coffee and hot meals, why is the council being slow to respond? you heard that lady talking about skips and the clean—up operation and the council are clear, what doncaster council say tonight is they are still in the emergency response stage, still dealing with what they call a very complex situation and they are hoping in about two or three days that they can start looking at the response and dealing with those complaints first but first and foremost, like here in fishlake, where we have a community virtually cut off from the rest of the area here, they have to respond to that first. that is a priority and then they will deal with everything else later but they say if it is an emergency yo

but in the past hour, the situation has worsened in doncaster. the river don there causing some serious flooding with five severe flood warnings in place issued by the environment agency for an area just in north doncaster there. and that is not the only plays as well, we have seen both sheffield and rotherham affected by it. and what we have seen as well as the fact that with the fork being as it is, the river levels haven't quite peaked yet. we are expecting that they may peak within the next half—hour, but that remains to be seen. what we do now is that current river levels of the river don are doncaster are very close to the way they were back in 2007 when the flooding was severe, really serious, so it is looking like it might reach and exceed that, and authorities here are preparing for that to be exceeded with south yorkshire fire and rescue service having brought in extra resources, deploying extra boats and high—volume pumps to help pump out the water. it has obviously affected train travel, with northern rail telling passengers not t

this was the scene last night at fishlake in doncaster, where a severe flood warning has been issued. a0 people had to be rescued from their homes overnight. it adds to the severe flooding that has hit other parts of south yorkshire and derbyshire. this wall shows you very clearly where the water came up to. the basement storeroom of this florist in matlock in north derbyshire is completely ruined, all the stock ready for the run—up to christmas now worthless. to get things started again is going to cost a lot of money. the insurance company will help out, but of course we have to get those things to start with. we are talking between £5,000 and £10,000, a lot of money to recoup. other businesses in the town have suffered a similarfate. this new toy shop didn't get a chance to open its doors to the public. everybody has had a terrible time of it, but our shop was due to open yesterday. so we were here the day before yesterday until ten o'clock in the evening and we have been for the last three weeks, and we were so excited about opening yesterday, and then we got here and it was f

residents in doncaster and rotherham have been told to leave their homes only if it's essential. 35 homes have been evacuated in mansfield and nottinghamshire following a mudslide, and there are now more than 100 flood warnings across the region. lots of updates for you this morning on all of this, the first reporters from tom ingle. a violent flood. the river don breaks its banks and surges through the heart of rotherham in the small hours. elsewhere in the town, abandoned cars litter empty roads. the council here advised people to stay at home. upstream, next to the meadowhall shopping centre, the new flood defences were tested and bettered by the same river. a christmas event had to be cancelled at the centre as transport was seriously disrupted, staff and shoppers finding themselves boxed in by gridlocked traffic.

we are live in doncaster, where the river don continues to rise. it is due to peak within the hour. the other main stories this lunchtime: the snp says it would try to form an alliance with other parties to lock the conservatives out of government after the election and promises to stop the nhs being privatised. we will fight tooth and nail any attempts to expose the national health service to a post—brexit trade deal with donald trump. the bbc announces plans for two prime—time election debates — a head—to—head between borisjohnson and jeremy corbyn, and one with all the main british parties. jail for an 18—year—old man who stabbed to death his teenage girlfriend ellie gould. and the emotions of a d—day veteran as he sees a memorial being built for his fallen friends. i had a job to do. all these fellows did a good job. all these men, these wonderful men. and coming up on bbc news...

and that appeal is to doncaster council. where are you? come and help us. at least communicate, tell us what we're expecting. can we coordinate with the environment agency? are the pumps going to be switched back on? because how is this water going to go? there is so much water around this area that you can see, never mind what you can't see. so what is the disaster recovery plan? please tell us. that was pam webb from fishlake talking to me early on. australia's prime minister scott morrison had dodged questions about climate change when he was visiting areas that have been affected by bushfires in new south wales. at least three people have been killed, and the authorities fear that number will rise. broadcasters are so high temperatures and strong winds will make conditions dangerous, while fire chiefs are warning the outskirts of sydney could face catastrophic danger from fires. the scale of devastation is starting to emerge. hundreds of homes have been burnt to the ground, all that is left is charcoal and ashes, skeletons of a family home which will ne

have peaked, we are still not in a clear and there is still concern, particularly for those areas in doncaster where there is severe flood warnings issued by the environment agency, meaning there is a risk to people, homes and lives there. obviously really busy night for everyone there and a busy day ahead, luxmy, thank you very much for that update from rotherham, luxmy gopal. we can talk to martin sapcote, manager at carphone warehouse in the meadowhall centre near sheffield, who spent most of the night at meadowhall. we do appreciate you talking to us this morning, i know you haven't had very many hours of sleep, at what point did you realise you wouldn't be getting home to your own bed? probably about 5:30pm, when it was cancelled. did you attempt to get

fiona trott, bbc news, doncaster. with me is our correspondent andy moore. we were just watching fiona there in and around fishla ke. we were just watching fiona there in and around fishlake. this is a place that hasn't been flooded like this, evenin that hasn't been flooded like this, even in 20s —— 2007. in some places, the water is falling but not in fishlake. the fact it is tidal and the tides are quite high at the moment, the tides can't go away into the sea. floodwaters are remaining high there at the moment and the environment agency has this severe flood warning in place which means a threat to life. bring us up-to-date with some of the areas affected. certainly the lower reaches of the river trent. it area is still rising. around newark, the environment agency is wanting to potential flooding to properties. there is a caravan park, a home for mobile homes and some of the residents were being urged to move their mobile homes to higher areas if they could. there is a raster centre that has been opened up at the sports centre so that flood peak is

fiona trott, bbc news, doncaster. with me is our correspondent andy moore. we saw in fiona‘s report, lots of houses, lots of businesses, lots of people affected by this. give us an idea of the scale of what has been happening. well, the problem remains. the heavy rain that, months rainfall in one day. the rain is now travelling down the rivers from the hills, down to the floodplains where it meets the north sea and the problems are in those low—lying areas where the rivers meet tidal areas. we saw there in fishlake for example. hundreds of people in that community had been told to leave their homes. similar problems on the river trent stop again, the lower reaches of the river now, the low—lying communities there, some of the places there are being warned that there is a high tide coming in about five hours‘ time and as the floodwaters come down and meet that ha rd to floodwaters come down and meet that hard to tie —— high tide, they may be hours that make may be problems. give us an idea over the coming days. what are we expecting? certainly the

james cook reports from doncaster. entire ecosystems are collapsing! it was frightening in that boat, all that dirty water round, you know. when do we want it? now! if we don't have a planet, the election isn't going to matter. well, they're still clearing up here in fishlake, which was one of the places most badly affected by those floods, this wall here just swept away. the question is — have these extreme weather events been caused by global warming, and does all of this have anything to do with how people are going to vote in the general election? so this is one of the houses that was affected by the flooding here in fishlake and the owners have kindly said we can go inside and have a look. i'd say it was about — to about here. so sorry to see that. the smell as well, it's...yeah. and you can really — as soon as you walk in, you can smell it, can't you? pungent. we had no time at all, to be quite honest. it was — get yourselves out. really? really, really fast? yeah, yeah, get your car out as well. do you think the politicians are taking th

we have been failed on a level of significant magnitude by doncaster council. the lack of communication to this village has been terrible, and i don't know how they can possibly say that they have given us any support. the lack of communication is quite incredible. doncaster council says it is working with its partners around the clock to provide support and resources for people affected by the flooding. absolutely devastating. and this was the view from inside one of the flooded homes, wading through the cold, dirty floodwater. this is the kitchen. brand— new kitchen. derbyshire and the town of matlock have also been hit hard by the floods. the woman who died, after being swept away by the water by the water near darley dale, has been named as a former high sheriff, annie hall. she was described as a special person and an inspirational force for good. for some, the flood levels are falling, and the clean—up can begin. for others, the misery is likely to continue for days to come. voters in spain are returning to the polls for the country's second general e

caroline flint represents the part of doncaster i grew up in. i never thought i would see that seat go to anybody other than labour in my entire lifetime. so this is really big stuff. it is incredibly leaf lisa: seat. although she has campaigned for the deals that we put through very strongly, she knows how strong the feeling is in doncaster. but it is not cutting through for her, and when i was there recently, people said to me that they thought she was a remainer, they didn't realise she was trying to leave. she struggled to...i was trying to leave. she struggled to... i have relatives who say that dennis skinner would lose his seat. we do know that asjohn dennis skinner would lose his seat. we do know that as john curtis dennis skinner would lose his seat. we do know that asjohn curtis said, it will be seat by seat. we should stress this is just one poll, there are many facet if you want more election, her of course, if you want more information on latest opinion poll trends, you can look at our poll tracker on the bbc website, which measures

us up to date with the weather warnings, because we have heard that there have been more warnings in doncaster. the warnings have lapsed because the rain has eased, things have turned drier, but there are severe flood warnings on the rivers. i beg your pardon, i said weather warnings, i meant flood warnings. even though the rain has eased, bear in mind it takes a long time for the water to go to the river catchments from the hills, down towards the sea, so from the hills, down towards the sea, so some river from the hills, down towards the sea, so some river levels will rise for a good few hours yet, so worth

just slightly north of doncaster. and even though the rain has held off so far today, it is nothing like what we saw all throughout yesterday and last night, the torrential downpours, but there is still concern about the rising river levels. the river don is at a level comparable to where it was in 2007, which caused such tremendous flooding into trouble for people back then, is a really people are going to be keeping an eye on that river level, and even though it may well have peaked, we are still not ina clearand well have peaked, we are still not in a clear and there is still concern, particularly for those areas in doncaster where there is severe flood warnings issued by the environment agency, meaning there is a risk to people, homes and lives there. obviously really busy night for everyone there and a busy day ahead, luxmy, thank you very much for that update from rotherham, luxmy gopal. we can talk to martin sapcote, manager at carphone warehouse in the meadowhall centre near sheffield, who spent most of the ni

a yellow weather warning for rain is due to come into force around nottingham, sheffield and doncaster in the next few hours. breakfast‘s tim muffett reports. the floodwaters are dispersing, but more heavy rain is expected here, so soldiers from the light dragoons carol, cavalry regiment have been building barriers to try and protect fisheries. you have sent back to. you have barriers as well. how does it work? so for the barrier we get trained on how to do it. there is basically the metal a—frame that we put in place. underneath, then we put in place. underneath, then we put the landing on top and then we could be done with a clip, and then there's the big chains at the bottom to kind of weight down to make sure the water doesn't go underneath it. we are england's northern cavalry, so we are england's northern cavalry, so you've got people who are based in and around the area. you've got quys in and around the area. you've got guys from just down the road in catholic, et cetera. so it is their friends and family, kind of, so it has a close to home feel helping out here. but for ma

more businesses and homes flooded. 0nwards towards doncaster and indeed past doncaster. kirk sandall, where iam, is one of past doncaster. kirk sandall, where i am, is one of five areas where there was a red flood warning issued earlier today. that has been lifted. the surge moved down the river. but the risk is still very real. i am standing, to give you an indication of the disruption this has caused, i am standing on kirk sandall railway station. when you look this way it looks normal. but if i swing around, you will see that the railway lines east towards scunthorpe and lincolnshire are completely flooded. there is a big dip in the line. that has filled up with water. very, very severe travel disruption if you are intending to go by rail. if you are travelling certainly in this direction, don't. there are a lot of warnings out there on social media, and local radio. listen to those in terms of road closures and travel disruption. this is going to take some time to clear. 0bviously eve ryo ne some time to clear. 0bviously everyone is nervously looking at the sky and w

dan johnson, bbc news, fishla ke, near doncaster. one of the uk's biggest steel—makers has been rescued by a chinese company, potentially safeguarding thousands of jobs. british steel had been facing collapse after going into liquidation earlier this year, but the chinese producer jingye confirmed today it had agreed a buyout. it's promising to invest in british steel's main plant in scu nthorpe, as well as its other sites on teesside and in north yorkshire. our business editor simonjack reports. this plant has been on government life support since it collapsed in may. technically in liquidation, it was offered a chinese lifeline today, and workers on their way home welcomed it. well, it's been a big concern, hasn't it? nobody not knowing what is happening, whether they've got a job, can pay their mortgages, feed their families. yeah, it's great news. obviously, there's been uncertainty around it, but now we know, this close to christmas, that we've got a job. with 4,000 employees and 20,000 in the supply chain, the steelworks is t

dan johnson, bbc news, fishla ke, near doncaster. peter is the church warden near fishlake peter is the church warden near fishla ke and he peter is the church warden near fishlake and he chose not to evacuate despite the warnings from the local council. i spoke to him earlier. the problem with evacuation are multiple in this village. it is are multiple in this village. it is a rural village with many people with livestock and animals. it is not so easy to jump with livestock and animals. it is not so easy tojump in a with livestock and animals. it is not so easy to jump in a vehicle and go. the otherfactor not so easy to jump in a vehicle and go. the other factor is twofold, firstly, we will not let this village life. we will not let fishlake village life. we will not let fishla ke disappear. had village life. we will not let fishlake disappear. had we all evacuated, this village would have been looted within hours and it would have been impossible without a squad of soldiers to stop it. the looting is already taking place. someone

our correspondent tim muffett is in fishlake, near doncaster this morning. with that further rain on the way, is it difficult for people to envisage how they will get on top of the situation? yes, good morning. yesterday i spent time with the army and they have been putting in flood barriers but many roads here are covered in water and the levels have dropped significantly but the rain which has been forecast has started to fall. phil holmes is from doncaster council and you are helping to coordinate the response to the flood. have you done enough? have we done enough across the borough? we have been spread thin since thursday responding to various incidents. fishlake had horrendous rain from saturday night into sunday morning and we have been rushing with environment agency colleagues and partners to try to manage it and we relied very much on the emergency services to hold a situation safe in areas like fishlake while we have focused on other parts of the borough. so we've done a lot and we have had a lot of support from other colleagues including the army

and that appeal is to doncaster council. where are you? come and help us. at least communicate, tell us what we're expecting. can we coordinate with the environment agency? are the pumps going to be switched back on? because how is this water going to go? there is so much water around this area that you can see, never mind what you can't see. so what is the disaster recovery plan? please tell us. pam webb who runs a luxury spa hotel in fishlake. she is clearly distraught and very angry about the flooding that has seriously affected her business. now, to the election. labour has criticised conservative attempts to unpick their spending plans as the political parties continue their general election campaigns. the conservatives say labour's spending plans would cost the country an extra £1.2 pounds over the next five years. but labour has dismissed the figures as "fake news", calling them an "incompetent mish—mash of debunked estimates and bad maths". our political correspondent, helen catt, is here. how did they arrive at this 1.2 trillion figure? it is a

dan johnson, bbc news, fishla ke in doncaster. the pm will chair a meeting of the government's emergency committee, cobra, tomorrow, to discuss the flooding situation. let's speak to peter pridham the church warden at st cutherberts church in fishlake, who decided not to evacuate. hello, peter. good evening, thank you for having me. first off, why did you not evacuate? the promise of evacuation or multiple in this village. there are lots of people with livestock and animals. it is not just delete is with livestock and animals. it is notjust delete is simply dust easy tojump ona notjust delete is simply dust easy to jump on a vehicle and notjust delete is simply dust easy tojump on a vehicle and go. the first facet is we are not going to let this village die. we won't let fishlake let this village die. we won't let fishla ke disappear. had let this village die. we won't let fishlake disappear. had we all evacuated, this village would have been polluted with hours. it would've been impossible to have a squad of army soldiers present

a yellow weather warning for rain is now in force around sheffield, nottingham and doncaster, and will last until the early hours of tomorrow morning. our correspondent frankie mccamley is in fishlake. yes, as you can yes, as you can see yes, as you can see there are still parts of this village submerged in water. people can't return to their homes and as you can see a car still left behind me. there are signs though that there is a clean—up operation taking place. there are engineers up poles, trying to restore power and the internet to homes, as water here is finally starting to subside. the small village of fishlake, cut off by flood water earlier this week, now getting the help residents have been asking for. the army have been putting sandbags down and building flood defences since yesterday, but some residents say help has not come quick enough. we need the investment now into here, we desperately need it. once all the rainwater‘s gone w ever allow this to happen again. the environment agency have got to sit up, listen to what the people... the farmers around this area have b

earlier we saw visit the area as you say, visiting doncaster north. earlier we sano swinson in south yorkshire as well. this has become a political issue during the course of the day. we know boris johnson during the course of the day. we know borisjohnson has been cheating the cobra committee this afternoon to try and coordinate government response. “— to try and coordinate government response. —— has been cheering. we understand the government was planning to do that beforejeremy corbyn called them to take more of a personal grip on the issue. it is clear borisjohnson will personal grip on the issue. it is clear boris johnson will want personal grip on the issue. it is clear borisjohnson will want to be seen to be taking a close grip the issue. we had seenjeremy corbyn calling the government response will fill, we have had the liberal democrats criticising the response saying it should not be left to local communities to pick up the pieces and they have announced a £5 billion flood defence fund. it will be interesting to see what the govern

doncaster is expected to be among the worst—hit places this morning and the local council has told to residents near st oswald church in kirk sandall to evacuate their homes as the river has burst its banks. the environment agency has issued five severe flood warnings, the highest level, which means there is a potential danger to life at several other locations along the river don near doncaster. maureen parker's house isjust beyond the river don at barnby dun in doncaster and has been put on evacuation notice by the council. we can talk to her now, thank you, what is it like where you are? well, we arejust down, what is it like where you are? well, we are just down, about two miles from barnby dun, the bridges are closed, and everybody isjust playing the waiting game, really. we are hoping that it is going to start going down, it goes down very quickly, but it is... it isjust... the unknown, isn't it? am i so what are you doing? i said that you have been a notice for evacuation, at what point do you decide that you have to leave? well, the council came around this morning at seven o'