Systems had been tested only weeks before Cockermouth emergency
A test run of staff emergency plans at Cumbria County Council only a few weeks ago primed employees for action against the past week’s severe floods, PM has learnt.

Council staff were also better prepared for the floods in the county this time, after previous flooding in Morpeth in 2008 and Carlisle in 2005.
 
 

I will now be taking some time out with my family to consider my future options, but you can be sure my heart will always be a deep Cadbury purple    

Cadbury chief executive Todd Stitzer, announcing his resignation after the Kraft takeover