Son who found mother’s body after Storm Babet calls for more flood defence money

Paul Gilbert in the house where he discovered his mother Maureen’s body. Photograph: Jill Mead/The Guardian

The son of an 83-year-old woman who died during Storm Babet has called for more money to be invested in protecting homes from flooding.

An inquest at Chesterfield coroner’s court heard on Friday that Maureen Gilbert drowned in her home in Chesterfield after the River Rother overflowed on 21 October 2023 during the storm.