Homes in flood-hit areas 'won't be ready by Christmas'

Some residents whose homes were flooded during Storm Babet will not be home in time for Christmas, a councillor has warned.

Gavin Nicol, who represents the Brechin and Edzell Ward, said the full extent of the damage in the Angus town of Brechin had yet to be established, and that parts of the town were still coated in contaminated sludge and silt.

Asked when some people would be get back into their homes he told BBC Scotland's The Sunday Show: "It will be an extensive period.

"It will take a fait bit of sorting.

"These houses won't be ready by Christmas."