Storm Desmond: Electricity North West to pay flood compensation

An energy firm is setting up a team to handle compensation claims from people whose homes lost power in Lancashire and Cumbria during Storm Desmond.

Electricity North West said 55,000 customers in Lancaster and 13,000 in Cumbria were affected when an electricity substation flooded.

It has so far received 22,000 applications for goodwill payments.

Storm Desmond battered north-west England, as well as other parts of the UK, in December.