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Mary Long-Dhonau, also known as Flood Mary, external, told the BBC "everybody's at risk of flooding, even if you live on a hill."

The flood resilience campaigner, from Ledbury, Herefordshire, said she had been campaigning to raise awareness that more people were at risk of surface flooding, rather than river flooding.

Ms Long-Dhonau, who has previously experienced flooding first-hand, has been supporting flood victims for more than 20 years.

She said she was "absolutely appalled", horrified and angry after a tractor was filmed driving through flood water in Tenbury Wells in Worcestershire, triggering waves of water which smashed some shop windows.

“It’s left a huge amount of mud on people’s floors, in the run up for Christmas, with no thought for the aftermath that he left behind," she said.

“It’s not the flood that’s the worst bit, it’s the flood recovery," she told BBC Hereford and Worcester.

Image source, Mary Long-Dhonau

The Regal Theatre in Tenbury is offering hot drinks and use of its toilets after many on the high street have been affected by flooding in the town.

Bosses thanked volunteers who came together to put the theatre's flood defences up, clear the foyer and lift seats up in the auditorium.

The same team is now working their way along Teme Street offering help to local businesses and residents, they said.

The theatre has announced it will open as usual for the planned showing of Red One at 19:00 GMT but the 13:00 screening has been cancelled.

The rest of this week's programme will continue as planned, a spokesperson said.

They encouraged supporters to shop locally in the aftermath of the flooding to ensure the town continues to thrive.

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Laura Jones, who runs Rainbow Crafts on Market Street in Tenbury Wells, said it was the "end of the road" and the shop would be closing following flood damage.

“It’s all unsalvageable,” she said. “All the yarn’s gone, there’s none of that salvageable. All the books I collected for charity, they’ve all gone.

“I think probably we saved about 10%”.

Her partner, Rob Wall, said a tractor which was criticised for driving through the flooded town centre, had filled the shop with water.

Items in the shop were "contaminated" and all the shelves were “floating off the ground" he added.

Ms Jones said it was "heartbreaking" but there was "no way" they could afford to come back, having spent £2,500 restocking after the last flood weeks six weeks ago.

She said: “There isn’t much we can do… I don’t know what the next step in our life will be really.

“We have no idea how we’re going to financially survive.”

The environment secretary Steve Reed said the government had allocated an extra £2.4 billion towards flood protection measures over the next two years.

"That's an awful lot of money to upgrade our flood defences, including building new flood defences," he explained.

Speaking after flood water devastated Tenbury Wells in Worcestershire, following Storm Bert, Reed said the funding would be allocated where the need was the greatest.

"That money will be allocated in the normal way by the Environment Agency, sitting down and looking at where the priority is the greatest so we get the work done there first," he said.

He added a floods resilience taskforce, external had already been set up, to try to ensure better coordination between the government, councils and other agencies.

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Steve Knibbs
BBC News

Businesses in Tenbury Wells have complained their premises were damaged by a tractor driving through flood water, causing waves against shop fronts.

A.H. Caldicott & Sons shared this external and internal footage of water bursting through their front door after the vehicle passed during yesterday's flooding.

Flood warnings for the River Lugg, external in Leominster and the River Frome, external in Bishop's Frome, Herefordshire, have been lifted.

Eight warnings are still in place for the county, for both the River Wye in Hereford and parts of the River Teme.

The Environment Agency (EA) said it also expected flooding to affect properties and roads near Stanford Bridge, external.

Residents in the affected areas have been advised to activate any property flood protection products, such as flood barriers.

About a dozen flood alerts are also in place, external.

People have been advised to avoid using footpaths near water and to plan driving routes to avoid low lying roads near rivers, which could be flooded.

We have now had more details from the fire service about the school bus which became stuck in flood water this morning.

Crews were called at 08:45 GMT and used two boats, a water rescue vehicle and a fire engine.

The water is due to peak just after lunchtime, station commander Dave Hill said, which would make recovery of the bus challenging until water recedes.

He said the water was approximately knee-height in depth at the time of the rescue.

The students were in “good spirits” and glad to be returned to dry land, he added.

Image source, Tor Ward

West Worcestershire's MP, Harriet Baldwin, said it was "absolutely devastating" that Tenbury Wells had "been hit yet again by floods".

Tenbury Wells was the worst-affected area after a flood wall collapsed on the Kyre Brook on Sunday, sending water gushing into the streets.

Baldwin said she was campaigning “relentlessly” to try and get funding for a flood defence scheme designed to protect the town.

“We’ve made progress in so many other places, Upton upon Severn, Bewdley, but we really do need to protect Tenbury Wells and Severn Stoke," she told BBC Hereford & Worcester.

She added she was looking to find out what immediate support was available for flooded properties.

A reminder our colleagues across the BBC are also providing updates on the situation after Storm Bert swept across parts of the UK over the weekend.

You can see stories from across the UK here, while there are also live updates on BBC Sounds from BBC Radio Shropshire and BBC Hereford & Worcester.

Ellen Knight
Reporter, BBC Shropshire

Simon Pierpoint owns a holiday let in Bronygarth, north Shropshire, and had a video call from a guest to tell him water levels were rising.

“He said it’s coming in everywhere in the house, and they vacated pretty sharply, so we then realised how serious it was,” Mr Pierpoint said.

There was “almost biblical-scale water” running through the property, he said.

He added he was grateful nobody had been injured, and had offered to compensate those who were staying in the property.

Mr Pierpoint, who was himself on holiday when he took the call, said he had owned the house for about 30 years and it had never flooded in that time.

He felt "pretty angry" that flood prevention measures had not been put in place locally despite changes to roads in the area.

Image source, Simon Pierpoint

A number of roads are currently closed in Worcestershire following flooding.

Emergency road closures are in place on roads in Birlingham, Fladbury, Bransford, Tenbury Wells and Hanley Castle.

The A449 at Powick Island is currently down to one lane in Worcester, with drivers told to expect delays.

A contraflow system was being set up, Worcestershire County Council said.

The full list of current road closures in the county is available here., external

Sara Blizzard
BBC Weather

The region is looking at a drier day on Monday, but with temperatures falling sharply from the weekend highs.

Worcester City Council has closed the Pitchcroft Car Park in the city centre due to the threat of flooding.

Drivers who have left their cars at the site have been urged to collect them.

The car park has been immediately closed due to the "rapidly rising river level" and "high likelihood" of flooding.

"If you are parked there, please return to your vehicle," a city council spokesperson said on X., external

Drivers have been advised to use the St Martin's Gate multi-storey car park or to find another car park away from the river.

The river level at the Welsh Bridge in Shrewsbury is currently 2.93m and is expected to peak at about 4m early tomorrow, external.

Many of the footpaths along the river are now flooded - and it looks as if this swan is more than happy to make the most of the situation.

The town remains open for business, Shrewsbury's Business Improvement District (BID) noted on its Original Shrewsbury page, external on Facebook.

Image source, Original Shrewsbury

Prince Henry's High School in Evesham has issued a statement after a school bus became stuck in flood water this morning.

"At the current time our understanding is that the bus has left the road and ended up in a ditch with flood water around it," it said.

The incident is believed to have happened near Eckington Bridge on the B4080.

The school said a replacement bus would transport the students, and that they were expected to arrive at school at approximately 10:30 GMT.

"We will meet the students when they arrive at school and make sure that they have some hot drinks and food, before going to lessons," they statement added.

Parents were asked not to go to the scene as a recovery operation was underway.

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Louise Preston, from Pitter Potter in Tenbury, said town had been left "devastated" by the flood damage.

The tractor caused the windows of her shop and others to break, she said "which is obviously devastating for the town.

"This is not what the town needed, particularly leading up to Christmas," she added.

National Rail said heavy rain had flooded the railway between Great Malvern and Hereford on Monday morning, with trains unable to run between the two stations for a time., external

Flooding of roads in the area is also impacting rail replacement transport.

Some trains running between Birmingham New Street and London Euston may be cancelled or revised due to blocked lines in the Northampton area.

Travellers are being advised to check their journeys before travelling.

Ticket acceptance is also in place across some rail services and routes in the region listed here., external

An Evesham school bus has become stuck after it went down a ditch in flood water.

The bus is understood to have travelled across the Eckington bridge on the B4080.

The BBC understands 57 children and the driver were rescued using two boats from Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service.

Image source, Tor Ward

West Mercia Police say they are "actively investigating" after a tractor was seen travelling through the centre of Tenbury, causing waves which business owners say smashed their windows.

"We’re aware of videos circulating on social media showing a tractor driving through flood water in Tenbury Wells yesterday," the force said.

It added: "Officers are in Tenbury Wells speaking to people whose businesses and properties may have been affected, as well as reviewing additional video footage. No arrests have been made at this time."