Hands-on approach

A Royal Mail worker attempts to push a van up a snow-covered road in Nenthead, Cumbria, after Storm Ciara hit this week. Ciara is due to be followed shortly by Storm Dennis, the Environment Agency said, just as homes and businesses recover from floods and snow. The storms this weekend will, however, not be as fierce as Ciara, which yesterday claimed its second victim. A man in his 60s was hit by a tree in Liverpool while walking his dog.