Minister visits Tadcaster as Yorkshire town braces for more flooding

Liz Truss says repairing town's collapsed bridge is 'national priority' as authorities are accused of responding too slowly

Tadcaster is bracing for more bad weather the day after the bridge in the North Yorkshire town collapsed into a swollen river.

The environment secretary, Liz Truss, and Environment Agency staff visited the town on Wednesday as the rain began to fall again, with the minister saying that repairing its stricken bridge was a "national priority".