Heavy rain and high winds have been causing havock in certain parts of Britain this week and causing major floording which as forecasters warned would spread across the country.

Follow up:

Rivers have been rising, and a bridge has collapsed. A police man is missing and many homeless.

Pictures courtesy of the BBC

Pictures courtesy of the BBC

RAF helicopters are being used to fly stranded members of the public to safety and 11 people excluding the police man are also missing. The police man missing due to the bridge collapsing is PC Bill Barker below.