Cumberland Council responded promptly to the severe storm and flooding in Millom on Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 June, with officers and other risk management authority colleagues offering support, gathering evidence, and engaging with affected residents.
A £24.5 million investment project to create a vast new underground stormwater storage tank is set to get underway in Blackburn.
England has had its warmest June on record, while the UK has experienced its second warmest since the series began in 1884, according to provisional Met Office statistics.
