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When I asked the force yesterday if it had conducted any internal review alongside the IOPC investigation, and what its findings were if completed,

The force did not direct answer, it repeated that it had "carefully analysed the detailed findings and directions" of the report.

LeicestershireLive editor Linda Steelyard said the force must rethink its approach to the meeting.

Nottingham Post editor Natalie Fahy said the victims' families are at the centre of the titles' call for transparency and that they deserve to be treated with "respect, dignity and honesty".

Despite the immense damage, the owners have urged well-wishers not to start fundraising campaigns but instead donate to local causes like the community hall or church. “We just need hands to help, not money”

Local resident Paul Marcus, 63, shared how flooding has affected the village, revealing that his neighbor had to replace her car twice in the last eight months due to the floods. Others in the village weren’t so lucky.

Kristina, a volunteer from Leicester, came to help after seeing videos of the floods online. She said it was unlike anything she had ever seen before and took time off work to lend a hand.

The damage has impacted the entire village. Laura Wilkinson, a local cafe owner, said the community was “mortified, shocked” by the scale of the destruction.

More than a dozen volunteers showed up this morning to help clean the pub, moving furniture and sorting through the damage. Bar supervisor Chloe Tinger, 26, said the devastation was overwhelming, describing the scene as “just devastation everywhere.”

Yanela Kazazi described it as their third and worst flood yet, with the water reaching up to her husband’s chest in the car park. Despite the heartbreaking loss, she was moved by the community’s response, calling it “incredible.”

Cimi and Yanela, who helped rescue a woman trapped in her car during the floods, were first alerted to the rising waters at around 5am on January 6. Within hours, the pub’s beer garden and surrounding areas were submerged, leaving them with extensive damage.

The owners of The Italian Greyhound, Cimi and Yanela Kazazi, revealed they had “lost everything” after chest-high floodwater swept through the pub. The pub was one of many properties affected when record-breaking floods hit Leicestershire this week.