Cumbrian-born author Melvyn Bragg went on a morale-boosting tour of Cockermouth to visit traders hit by the floods

A Cockermouth family who were rescued from their flooded home have had their saved Xmas presents stolen

A new £5 million road bridge will be in place in Workington by late spring 2010, it has been announced (18 comments)

A holiday home owner says there has been a breakdown in communication over getting flood victims into homes

A law firm is preparing to mount what lawyers expect will become a mass legal action against United Utilities over the floods (9 comments)

A vital train service which connects both sides of Workington will continue into the new year

Experts have confirmed that a second west Cumbrian road bridge damaged by floods will not reopen for many months (9 comments)

A block of flats which is teetering on the brink of collapse in the wake of the floods will not have to be demolished

Last month’s catastrophic floods have already cost Cumbria £2.5 million in cancelled holiday bookings, say tourism chiefs (1 comment)

A councillor has warned of traffic chaos if plans to end a free school bus service on the north side of the Derwent go ahead

A new Tesco store at Northside has opened - just 13 days after the shops giant set to work building it

How the fire service used the lessons learned from the 2005 Carlisle floods to help deal with the west Cumbria disaster

Residents from a flood-hit Keswick street returned to their repaired homes just three weeks after they were wrecked

A Sellafield engineer has told how the floods wrecked both her home and her cherished collection of celebrity autographs

An air ambulance has been based in Flimby to deal with emergencies on the south side of the River Derwent

Kind-hearted contractors from Stobbarts Ltd have stripped off for a calendar to raise cash for the flood appeal

It is likely to be two years before permanent replacements for the Northside and Calva bridges are in place (39 comments)

Copeland MP Jamie Reed has urged the Govt to put pressure on insurers to let local firms carry out flood repair work

A country house hotel is offering a family or couple affected by the floods the chance to win a Xmas break

Two temporary GP surgeries, with 21 consulting rooms, have been put up in flood-hit Cockermouth

Stranded residents living north of the River Derwent in Workington will have to wait at least six months for a road bridge. (27 comments)

Bridge and road closures are still in place across Cumbria following the floods

A family has told how it is struggling to carry on with everyday life due to the transport chaos caused by the floods

A free bus will be taking people living in Workington’s Northside to Asda in Carlisle

Hundreds of people turned out to see Cockermouth's Christmas lights switch on, just weeks after the floods hit

A firm of architects has become one of the first businesses in Cockermouth’s Main Street to reopen

Floods recovery minister Rosie Winterton took part in a live webchat offering help and advice to flood-hit Cumbrians

A family who showed Prince Charles round their damaged home say a housing crisis is forcing them to become nomads

The niece of hero PC Bill Barker has recorded a CD in his memory to raise money for the Great North Air Ambulance

Northside will be reunited with the rest of Workington when a temporary footbridge opens on Monday morning.

Flood-hit locals in Workington are demanding an apology from acclaimed author Hunter Davies after a crime 'slur' (23 comments)

Hundreds of people turned out to see Cockermouth's Christmas lights switch on - about two weeks after the floods

A special bus service is running from Seaton and Northside to the new railway station, Workington North

Environment secretary Hilary Benn watched as work to reunite a community split in two by the floods swung into action

Cockermouth's Trout Hotel is facing a £3 million repair bill after its ground floor was destroyed by the floods

Soldiers building a bridge over the River Derwent have some home comfort – thanks to the mum pf the officer in charge

Workington shoppers have posted hundreds of messages in memory of hero PC Bill Barker on a town centre Xmas tree

An off-duty care worker braved waist-high flood water to help rescue a blind, elderly woman trapped in her home

Elvis Presley impersonator Stevie Las Vegas was all shook up after reading about the plight of a disabled flood victim

A severely disabled former soldier is stranded at a Cockermouth reception centre more than a week after the floods struck

Sellafield bosses have defended their decision to ask workers from UK partner sites to stay away from Cumbria

A top Sellafield boss has come under fire after he urged workers to stay away to help Cumbria's flood recovery (9 comments)

People have warned there might be disruption to roads while work is carried out on the new Workington footbridge

Preparations for a temporary footbridge in Workington were continuing yesterday with the help of Workington’s RNLI

A temporary footbridge that will reconnect the split town of Workington has arrived in Cumbria

A temporary railway station built in six days to help reunite the town of Workington devastated by floods opened today

A hotel owner has been hailed a hero after risking his life to save a man who had been swept away by a flood-swollen river

Fourteen more temporary units are to be created for businesses forced out of their premises by flooding

More than £1 million has already been raised to help victims of Cumbria's devastating floods

The boss of the British Red Cross has praised the work being carried out by its volunteers in Cockermouth

It looks like a war zone – or at least a battleground. For a time – a frightening, bone-chilling day and a night – it was a battle

Nobody expects the return to normality in Cockermouth to be easy or swift. But everyone in the town knows how it will happen

A round up of videos chronicling the floods. Includes bridge collapse and Cockermouth Main Street footage

Slideshow: Here you'll find more photos from the floods and its aftermath from across the county

Slideshow: More photos, including Camerton Churchyard wrecked

Slideshow: On here you'll find flood photos from across the county . . .

Over 5,000 people logged on to our liveblog covering the floods as they happened . . .

Ch Supt Kevin McGilloway and Allerdale council's deputy chief exec were live online to talk about the floods aftermath

Here's a list of useful numbers and information to help you get through the aftermath of the floods. . .

Click here to find out how you can make a donation to the Cumbria Flood Recovery Fund, set up to help victims

A temporary footbridge will be in place over the River Derwent by next Saturday after the army was drafted in to build it (7 comments)

The county council has warned all communications could be lost in parts of Workington if Calva Bridge collapses (2 comments)

A Lorton farmer waded through more than five feet of water to rescue a frightened couple trapped in their flooded home

Some of Cockermouth’s firms are open for business this week after Mitchells Auction Company offered temporary premises

The devastated residents of the tiny hamlet of Barepot are forgotten victims of the Cumbria floods (1 comment)

Work has begun to build a temporary railway station at Workington and Northern Rail are already laying on extra trains (6 comments)

Reckless drivers are risking their lives on kamikaze trips over Workington’s crumbling Calva Bridge (31 comments)

Tesco is in talks with Allerdale council to build an emergency store on Workington’s stranded Northside estate

Key parts of west Cumbria’s road network ground to halt as bridge and road closures started to take their toll

One Keswick flood victim - the town's Dr Dolittle - said her first thought was for her pets when the floods came

Zoe Rudd, left homeless after her house was destroyed by the floods, has been working as a volunteer at an emergency centre

Here's a summary of how things unfolded during the floods and their immediate aftermath...

Engineers prevent power loss in event of Workington bridge collapse With video of Camerton Bridge collapse

All of Cumbria’s flood defences will be assessed following last week’s floods, the Environment Agency said

Scores of Workington residents spent the night in hotels after parts of the town were evacuated following a day of flood chaos

Homeless or stranded after the flood, Cockermouth families have sheltered together in makeshift reception centres

Cockermouth had an alternative Christmas lights switch on as it began the long recovery from the floods (1 comment)

The Cumbria Flood Recovery Fund has received more than £140,000 in donations in less than 48 hours, bosses have revealed

The 900 worst-hit homes and businesses flooded in Cockermouth reopened to residents and traders today

Folk living at cut-off Northside in Workington are relying on food supplies from an emergency centre at the community centre (6 comments)

A Cumbria Flood Recovery Appeal has been launched to raise funds to support devstated people and communities

The solitary police woman's radio crackled: "They’re closing the bridge,” she said, fears rising it would be swept away

Residents of Low Lorton are evacuating the village and moving to a reception centre set up in Cockermouth

All of Keswick's care homes have been evacuated as a result of flooding or potential flooding - and the town is almost cut off