A woman whose home was submerged during the New Year's Day flooding has called for urgent action to create new defences after the "soul-destroying ... of progress on a flood protection scheme.

After losing everything we have ... just not at the rate we’d like to.” Aside from destroying homes and property, the flood also wiped out about a half-mile of fencing at key chokepoints ...

The area also suffered a similar major flood in 2015, and Mrs Royds said she felt "let down" after being told by local authorities that it wouldn't happen again". She said: "After the last flood ...