‘We can’t live in this’: the tight-knit Chesterfield street devastated by flooding

Neighbours speak of heartbreak from row of terraces where Maureen Gilbert, 83, was found dead after Storm Babet

Almost every square inch of the houses along Tapton Terrace in Chesterfield are covered in a thick layer of wet brown mud.

Inside the homes, brown lines across the walls show that water levels reached over five feet and started rising up the stairs. Wallpaper has been ripped off, carpets reduced to soaking rags, and piles of rubbish – once treasured belongings – have been dumped outside in the mud-caked street.