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Not far from the M5, the village of Eckington in Worcestershire is partially encircled by the River Avon and, as you can see from these photos, it has experienced a good deal of flooding this week.

You can just about see the Eckington Bridge poking out of the water at the bottom of this first aerial picture.

Image source, George Sharpe

Image source, George Sharpe

Eckington sits between two stretches of the Avon which still have flood warnings in place and the Environment Agency expects river levels to remain high for some time.

Here is an aerial view of the flooding north of Worcester.

This is Bevere Lock and Phil Harrison provided the footage.

Image source, BBC Weather Watcher Logit09

There are going to be some "challenges" ahead for farmers because of the amount of rain we have seen, a Staffordshire farmer has said.

Richard Bower farms alongside the River Penk near Penkridge.

They normally expect some of the land to flood three or four times a year, but it had happened around five times in the last month, he said.

"We start planting next year's crops from September, and there's 20% of the farm we haven't managed to plant this autumn as it has been so wet."

What they had planted did not look fantastic either, Mr Bower added.

Ideally, farmers now needed a relatively dry January to help the land drain, but as it stood, it was not looking like a very good year, he said.

While river levels appear to be generally on the way down in our region, the Environment Agency has warned of "second peaks" caused by extra rain.

That second wave peaked at 4.9m (16ft) in Bridgnorth, Shropshire, in the early hours of this morning and a second peak of up to 5.6m (18ft) was forecast for Worcester this morning.

Here you can see some geese happily ignoring a road closed sign in Bridgnorth.

In Bewdley a second peak of 5.2m (17ft) was expected this afternoon, the Environment Agency said.

While some roads are reopening now, Shrewsbury's bus station will remain closed for the rest of the day.

The temporary bus terminals on New Park Road, Abbey Foregate and just outside Theatre Severn will remain in operation for the day.

People going to tonight's pantomime performance at the theatre are being asked to use the park and ride to get there.

The flood barriers at the bottom of Frankwell will remain, Shropshire Council said.

There are currently 10 flood warnings and six flood alerts in Shropshire, and that will affect a number of roads and car parks around the county, with details on the council's website here., external

The Environment Agency's Nick Green warned again it would take some time for the flood-waters to fall to normal levels.

"There's still a fair bit of water that is coming down through the Severn, draining the fields upstream in the Welsh mountains," he said.

Further rain could slow things down even further, Mr Green added.

The Environment Agency is continuing to monitor the situation with their staff checking out the River Severn in places including Montford Bridge in Shropshire, as in this photo:

Image source, Environment Agency

Mr Green also said he was "very happy" with the effectiveness of the flood defences in Shrewsbury and Ironbridge.

But he added he recognised many people would not have had access to defences and would be suffering because of the flooding.

Yesterday we asked if you had any old photos of flooding in your area after someone shared a picture from Worcester in 1947.

Well, Hazel Finch has gone even further back in time to send us this picture from New Road in Worcester.

It was taken on 14 May 1886:

Image source, Hazel Finch

If you have any photos of your own, we'd love to see them and you can email newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk.

Herefordshire Council is urging people not to remove flooding road closure signs or barriers.

They were in place for the safety of residents and would only be removed once a road passed a safety inspection, it stressed.

The list of roads in Herefordshire still closed (and those that have since been reopened) can be found here, external.

Image source, Worcestershire County Council

On a slight tangent to the flooding, in Worcester a swan was rescued after hitting a road sign.

Highways teams were managing the contraflow in the city centre when the low-flying bird struck the sign.

The team were quick to react, said the county council, and the swan was cared for by staff member Steve Goodall until a local swan sanctuary arrived.

Genevieve Tudor
Journalist, BBC Shropshire

A Shropshire estate that had faced years of flooding issues suffered again in the wake of the recent heavy rainfall.

Flooding hit residents in the Jasmine Gardens area of Oswestry and the issue affected their properties and forced regular closures of Gobowen Road.

The nearby brook was prone to flooding in recent years, with the cause being put down to a culvert under a railway blocked by tree roots.

David Eccleston, who lives on Guinevere Close, said: "The brook is normally a gentle trickle. At the moment it’s more like a lake that’s extended across the farmer's field, the cul-de-sac and the road.

"It needs somebody to temporarily come up with a solution….It will give us as residents some kind of relief that we’re not going to flood today or tomorrow.”

Shropshire Council previously said the land was owned by the Cambrian Heritage Railways Trust.

The trust said a small percentage of the culvert route sat within its land and changes of land usage since the railway was built were having an impact on local waterways.

Several BBC local radio stations in the West Midlands are once again staying with local programming today from 14:00-18:00 GMT, to give listeners the latest information about the floods and ongoing weather situation where they live:

• Kate Justice will be on air at BBC Hereford and Worcester
• Ed Nell will present at BBC Radio Shropshire
• Geoff Eze will present at BBC Radio Stoke

Image source, BBC Weather Watcher Step Counter

A number of roads in Herefordshire are still shut as a result of the flooding.

The council has updated the list here., external

Routes affected include:

• A438 Letton
• A4110 Leintwardine
• B4234 by Hazlehurst nursing home, Kerne Bridge, Ross-on-Wye

Faith Page
Reporter, BBC Shropshire

A couple from Highley in Shropshire have had to cope with a metre (3ft) of water in their home and said they were "heartily fed up with it now".

Jacquie Desai-Gale and Terry Gale (pictured below) have only lived there for a year and said they have had no help.

This was the third time they have experienced flooding in their new home and Mrs Desai-Gale told me: "We don't know what to do, it's just getting worse."

Mrs Desai-Gale added: "The water is absolutely crashing down the River Severn, it's dangerous and it's very frightening."

Shropshire Council said it would contact the couple fo offer support and would arrange a visit with the Environment Agency once the flood-waters recede to discuss how the they could support them in adding defences for the property.

Clare Lissaman
BBC News

While all the attention is on the flooding in towns and on major roads, it is also affecting people in many different ways around our region.

For instance, this little cycle and footpath in St Nicholas Park in Warwick is a popular cut-through.

The flooding of this site, near Kingfisher Pool beside the River Avon, made the footpath inaccessible frequently this winter.

It also meant walkers and cyclists, including pupils at several schools, needed to take longer routes.

David Gregory-Kumar
Environment correspondent, BBC Midlands Today

Spend time along any river reporting about flooding, and sooner or later someone will mention dredging.

The idea is that a large boat floats along, scooping up mud from the bottom of the river and taking it away.

People then imagine the river could carry more water, move quicker and so less flooding.

We did once do a lot of dredging on rivers like the Severn to let boats with deep keels get much further up the river than they do today.

And it's true that for smaller channels and tributaries, removing blockages and even dredging is a vital part of keeping the water flowing.

But to make any difference to a fast-flowing river like the Severn, you would have to remove an extraordinary amount of material from the bottom of the river.

Image source, PA Media

It would be an ecological disaster and the very best you could hope for would be to help upstream communities while it sent even more water downstream, overwhelming the people living there.

Worse, a faster-flowing river might start to erode the banks and pose real danger to properties close to the edge.

Just outside Gloucester docks, I once found the half-submerged remains of the last proper dredging boat on the Severn.

For now that's where it's staying.

Shropshire Council says it is working flat-out to get streets cleaned and reopened as quickly as possible.

But it had also taken advantage of the closure of some streets to get a bit of work done.

On Smithfield Road in Shrewsbury, the council was carrying out some road repairs.

Image source, Shropshire Council

A group of youngsters seen climbing on a bridge over fast-flowing flood-water have been told to attend an online safety course.

West Mercia Police said they were seen on Victoria Bridge, Hereford, on Thursday afternoon on the wrong side of the crossing, just feet from the water.

They were identified, taken home and spoken to by officers.

Image source, Google

The police said the online course, put together by West Mercia Search and Rescue, was open to anyone and it also "strongly recommends" parents teach their children about the dangers of flood-water.

BBC Radio Shropshire

Shrewsbury is slowly returning to normal after the floods and Coleham Head is now open to traffic again.

The Raven Meadows car park is also open once more, with access from Meadow Place only, Shropshire Council says.

But it is going to take longer to clear some areas of town and you can see from this footage, the extent of the flooding at the West Mid Showground.

Some streets, such as Longden Coleham and Smithfield remain closed for the time being.