Families who were forced out of their homes by the 'soul-destroying' impact of Storm Desmond were told it could be several months before they can return as a war of words erupted over the nation's flooding defence systems. It came as the devastating storm claimed its second victim, with Cumbria Police confirming that a body had been found in a search of the River Kent in Kendal after an elderly man fell into the water yesterday. It was the second death caused by Storm Desmond after a 90-year-old pensioner was blown into the path of a bus in London on Saturday. MPs were today at loggerheads over the failure of £48million in anti-flood investment, with Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron claiming the problem had been compounded by the shelving of nearly 300 flood defence schemes which had been deemed 'low priority'. The clean-up operation, which is expected to run into the hundreds of millions, has already started in homes and shops in Cockermouth, Carlisle and Keswick in Cumbria (pictured).
Pictured: Attempted murder suspect, 29, accused of shouting 'This is for Syria' as he 'cut five-inch wound in neck of victim who needed five hours of surgery after Leytonstone tube attack'
Muhaydin Mire (pictured, left, and, centre, in police van), appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court charged with the attempted murder of a 56-year-old man, referred to only as Male A. The victim was attacked from behind in front of several members of the public at around 7pm. Eyewitnesses said his attacker said 'this is for Syria' during the incident (pictured, right), much of which was captured in mobile phone footage. One of those injured in the attack, David Pethers described how witnesses at the station filmed with their mobile phones rather than help tackle the man.
Muslim man is thrown off National Express coach after women passengers complain he 'looked shifty' and made them uncomfortable
The customer was told to get off the coach from Bristol to London after others on the bus complained to the driver about the man.
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- Pictured: Attempted murder suspect, 29, accused of shouting 'This is for Syria' as he 'cut five-inch wound in neck of victim who needed five hours of surgery after Leytonstone tube attack'
- The chaos after the storm: Thousands of devastated families face eight months away from their homes after they were ruined by flooding as insurers prepare for payouts of £500MILLION
- Attempted murder suspect, 29, accused of cutting five-inch wound in victim's neck in Leytonstone tube attack was Uber driver with 'Syria-related material on his phone'
- 'You ain't no Muslim bruv!' Now David Cameron joins legions repeating the anti-terror slogan as he condemns the Leytonstone knife attack
- US is 'certain' Russia was behind airstrike which killed three Syrian soldiers after Assad had blamed the States
- Sorry ladies! Men really DO have a better sense of direction: Males use a different part of their brain to navigate - and giving testosterone to women boosts their ability
- Muslim man is thrown off National Express coach after women passengers complain he 'looked shifty' and made them uncomfortable
- EIGHT opportunities to save the Glasgow bin lorry crash victims were ALL missed because driver Harry Clarke ‘repeatedly lied’ to keep his licence, inquiry rules
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- 'A real Miracle On 34th Street': Internet goes nuts over heartwarming moment kind Santa uses sign language to ask girl with hearing problems what she wants for Christmas
- Incredible video shows waterfall in the Peak District being blown BACKWARDS in 50mph winds as Storm Desmond batters the UK
- Dicing with death: Shocking moment two Irish teenagers dived into tumultuous seas during Storm Desmond - but survived
- Fans thought Kim Kardashian called her new baby Storm Desmond - because the phrase was trending after flood warnings
- Armed police equipped with assault rifles, handguns and Tasers guard key train and tube stations as London goes on terror alert
- Lord Janner is unfit to stand trial for sex offences against boys dating back 50 years because of irreversible disabling dementia
- Record-breaking Storm Desmond triggers review of all flood defences to see if they can cope with 'extreme weather events'
- Mother sees her son, 7, and husband killed by car as they walk home together from Christmas party where the father had been dressed as Santa to hand out presents
- Dramatic footage shows the moment a man 'armed with foot-long knives' is tackled after 'stabbing a man to death in a Poundland branch in front of horrified shoppers'
- Pensioner, 83, sent a council tax bill of 40 PENCE for a property she moved out of five years ago
- Kristin Cavallari shares throwback picture of her missing brother Michael and says she remains 'hopeful' he will be found 10 days after his crashed car was found abandoned in the Utah desert
- Muslims are our friends, neighbors and sports heroes: Obama interrupts Sunday night TV to preach tolerance and gun control
- The end of an era! Playboy reveals the final model who will pose nude in the magazine's centerfold - 62 years after Marilyn Monroe
- ISIS army of scientists set to wage chemical and biological war on West: Experts warn weapons of mass destruction 'have been carried undetected' into European Union
- EXCLUSIVE: The baby-faced 'nerd' accused of buying assault-style weapons for his childhood best friend who 'turned into a terrorist': Ex-neighbor checked into a mental hospital hours after California attack
- Pictured: San Bernardino terrorists seen in newly released airport photo as grim-faced newlyweds entering the US from Saudi Arabia last year
- Father of San Bernardino shooter reveals his son was a 'momma's boy' who supported ISIS, wanted to see Israel wiped off the map and avoided parties because of his strong religious views
- Did San Bernardino gunman's mother KNOW? FBI say they are 'looking very, very closely' at 'momma's boy' parent who lived in same house
- The 19-year-old woman who has been addicted to porn since she was eight - and the devastating impact it has had on her relationships
- Jihadi bride led the way at party massacre: Tashfeen Malik opened fire first as her husband hesitated, report reveals - amid claims that she 'wore the pants' in the marriage
- It is 'increasingly likely' that San Bernardino killers were planning more attacks but their other targets are still unknown, security sources say
- Arizona man finds Cold War fallout shelter hidden underneath his backyard
- From Muhammad Ali to Shaquille O'Neal: Who ARE America's Muslim sporting heroes?
- Could you imagine FDR saying, 'We were attacked yesterday on Pearl Harbor. I really don’t want to talk about who did it': Republicans rip into Obama's terrorism speech
- Oh deer, where has it gone? Elusive Klipspringer is snapped hiding in plain sight on hillside – but can YOU tell where it is?
- Brother and sister swap sexes after both coming out as transgender and bravely telling their parents 'I would rather be hated for who I am than loved for who I'm not'
- EXCLUSIVE: 'He drugged me, abused me and raped me.' Farrah Abraham claims she was so traumatized by porn star James Deen she was forced to undergo intensive therapy
- 'He refused to say we are at war with radical Islamic terrorists': Trump live-tweets Oval Office address and criticizes everything from podium to Obama calling ISIS 'ISIL'
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Pictured: Boy, 7, run over and killed with his father who was dressed as SANTA in front of his mother as the family walked home from a Christmas party
Stuart Bates, 43, who was dressed as Santa, and seven-year-old Fraser when both were hit by a car in Talbot Green, South Wales. Anna Bates watched in horror as her husband and seven-year-old son were killed in front of her. Keen churchgoer Mr Bates was dressed as Father Christmas and had been handing out festive presents to other children at the party. Fraser was dressed in a bright green Christmas jumper.
Teacher hit with £50,000 legal bill and could now lose her home after court battle with neighbours over a fence that strayed just 15 INCHES into their land
Carole Anne Green, (pictured right) who has fought with her elderly neighbours for five years, says she will now be forced to sell her home to pay her legal costs. Mrs Green moved into an exclusive development in the Worcestershire spa town of Malvern, next to the 18th century listed manor where the late Barbara Cartland grew up (marked left). She obtained planning permission to build a holiday let in her garden but once the apartment (inset) was built she found herself in a bitter court battle with her neighbours Doreen and Victor Elliott, who are both in their 80s, over property borders and a disputed fence (marked left).
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- PETER OBORNE: There was one winner in the Syria vote. And it wasn't Dave or Hilary Benn
- 'Let's hope a few more end up like Mike Gapes': Corbyn supporters celebrate as Labour MP who backs bombing in Syria is rushed to hospital with chest pains
- Bully-boy Union boss warns Labour rebels to obey Corbyn on Syria or else: Red Len says pro-bombing MPS will be 'writing their own obituaries'
- Bono says he's found what he's looking for after U2 singer hires ousted Labour MP Douglas Alexander as a poverty adviser
Take a bow! Secret trick turns labels on Christmas coke bottles into a festive ribbon
The bottle of Coca-Cola looks to be like any other, despite the tiny festive snowflakes printed on the label. However, the labelling is actually split into three sections, allowing you to pull the middle part away from the bottle to reveal a lever (left). Once this is pulled (middle) a little Christmas bow forms - like you would see on the top of a well wrapped present (right).
Video captures shocking moment mugger snatches a 69-year-old woman's handbag and drags her along the street
This is the shocking moment a brazen mugger drags a 69-year-old woman down the street after snatching her handbag. Police have released the stunning CCTV footage (pictured) of the offender pulling the pensioner along the pavement in Hounslow, west London, when she refused to let go of the bag. It comes as detectives step up their search for the bag-snatcher, whose actions left the woman with a fractured shoulder.
Driver used homemade James Bond-style smokescreen on his battered Peugeot 309 in failed bid to shake off chasing police
A driver tried to shake off a pursuing police officer by activating a homemade James Bond-style smokescreen on his old Peugeot 309 (pictured). Simon Chaplin, 62, (pictured inset) flicked a switch on the dashboard of his red vehicle and 'colossal' amounts of smoke came out of the exhaust pipe. PC Dafydd Campbell Birch caught up five miles later when Chaplin turned into a farmyard near Haverfordwest, west Wales.
Mother decided to bring up her three-year-old son as a girl in Britain's youngest case of a child wanting to change sex
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ISIS Inc: Extraordinary documents show terror group's masterplan - with plans for child soldiers, health, education and a two-week annual jihadi refresher course on weapons training
Leaked internal documents (pictured right) have revealed ISIS has created staggeringly sophisticated levels of administration in a bid to turn its self-declared caliphate into a legitimate state. The terrorists (left) have created departments to administrate over the health, education and the treasury sectors, while it also holds two-week annual refresher courses for its veteran soldiers. The majority of the revelations come in a 24-page memo which was published in the months after the group announced its caliphate, spanning parts of Iraq and Syria.
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