The clean-up operation was continuing in other parts of Scotland affected by the storms.

BBC: Andrew MacPherson was the last of the family to be found

An operation to pump water out of flooded properties in an East Yorkshire village is continuing.

BBC: Flooded street at Burton Fleming

For Iraq, persuading the world that it is worth continuing with inspections, however slowly it ekes out its co-operation with them, is its main diplomatic line of defence against a war.

ECONOMIST: Dealing with Iraq