River Soar

Emergency services were called to Castle Gardens on Monday. The man was pulled out of the water and taken to hospital but died on Thursday.

Roy Frisby told ITV News Central he had spent fewer than three weeks back in his Leicester house before being forced out by another flood.

The Environment Agency said a large scale evacuation took place at caravan parks near Barrow-upon-Soar in Leicestershire on Monday evening (6 January).