Flood disruption in county continues after rainfall

Part of Thorpe Meadows, near Narborough station, was flooded on Friday morning

Flooding continued to cause disruption after "unprecedented" levels of rainfall in Leicestershire.

Roads were flooded across the county on Thursday and residents in some parts were urged to "move possessions and valuables off the ground or to safety".

Enderby Leisure and Golf Centre was forced to close after suffering "extensive flood damage" but was expected to reopen at 13:00 BST on Friday.

Some roads were closed on Friday due to flooding, including the A6 in Oadby and Slash Lane in Sileby.

A local weather expert described the rainfall as "unprecedented"

Sileby Volunteer Flood Wardens said Churchill Road in Thurmaston was also closed.

Parts of Narborough were also affected by flooding.

Estate agent Sam Carnall, of Carlton Estates, said his offices flooded on Thursday night.

He said he received a number of messages regarding flooding outside his Station Road premises and rushed over.

Fields in Narborough were left flooded on Friday morning

"I opened the door and had a bit of water there," he said.

"A lot of our computers were sat on the floor so they were wet but thankfully they are working.

"A lot of the companies and houses locally were worse off than we were, but it wasn't ideal this morning."

Mountsorrel Lane, in Sileby, has been closed due to flooding

The heavy rainfall came after the Met Office issued yellow and amber weather warnings covering the East Midlands.

Phil Morrish, a local weather expert, said some parts of the county saw between 30mm and 75mm of rainfall on Thursday.

He said: "This is totally unprecedented. I've never experienced anything like it before."

Part of Leicester Road, in Narborough, was left under water on Friday morning

Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service said it received about 40 weather-related calls "in a couple of hours" on Thursday night.

Group manager Vince Hyde urged motorists not to drive through flood water.

He said: "One of the issues we encountered last night is that the volume of water was so great it was lifting manhole covers and removing them. We can't even find them.

"There's a danger people will drop their car into a bit of road that isn't there any more."

The Environment Agency had issued three flood alerts for the Leicester area but only one - for the Upper Soar catchment - remained in place at 13:30 BST on Friday.