23.11.09 The clean up operation begins (The Independent)
Yesterday evening should have been the moment when the BBC weather presenter Paul Mooney flicked the switch on Cockermouth's Christmas illuminations. Instead the centre remained cordoned off by police as further harsh weather hampered the clear-up effort and estimates of the financial cost of the floods rose to hundreds of millions of pounds.
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21.11.09 Pirate hostages fear killing in days (The Independent)
Fears are intensifying for the plight of the British couple captured by pirates in the Indian Ocean in October, after a new video aired yesterday showed the pair surrounded by gunmen and desperately urging the British Government to negotiate a ransom.
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20.11.09 Chaos in Cockermouth (The Independent)
Fears were growing for the lives of hundreds of people trapped in the Cumbrian town of Cockermouth last night, as rampant floods tore through the town sparking a major overnight rescue operation.
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