Flooding
As usual, the Independent has the best front cover of any paper:Also on the news this morning was watching the crumbling dam wall of Ulley reservoir - my grandma lives just down the valley in Whiston, and have spent many an evening in the Royal Oak pub in the village drinking a nice pint of Sam Smiths.

Lots of pics of flooding in the Wicker arches in Sheffield, and also the Tesco's in Rotherham...

Also on the theme of water and mud, the first pictures from the G Team's trip to Glastonbury are now available at the PASSION4GEOGRAPHY site.

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