Minister in flood cash aid pledge

Local authorities will be given financial aid to assist with the damage caused by heavy flooding, Communities Secretary Hazel Blears has said.

She said people had gone through an "incredibly traumatic" experience.

Alan Johnson, a Hull MP and the health secretary, is to visit his constituency after its council said it had become the "forgotten city" of the flooding.

Mr Johnson will visit a flooded estate. An estimated 35,000 people have been affected by flooding in Hull.