Grandmother who drowned in Storm Babet had no flood defences at home

An 83-year-old woman who drowned in severe flooding during Storm Babet had no flood defences protecting her home, an inquest has heard.

Maureen Gilbert was found by her son Paul 'floating in the water' in her home in Derbyshire on the morning of October 21.

She was one of at least seven people who died as a result of the storm which left thousands of homes without power across the UK.

Maureen had been at her home in Tapton Terrace, Chesterfield, when the nearby River Rother burst its banks.

Assistant coroner Matthew Kewley told the inquest that her cause of death was drowning.