ROVER LOADED

WIDESPREAD flooding battered Britain as forecasters warned there was another deluge on the way.

- DAN WARBURTON

The Midlands was severely affected yesterday while people in the South of England were warned of more showers.

A yellow weather warning issued by the Met Office is set to spark train delays and cancellations.

It comes days after strong winds and rain from Storm Henk left the ground saturated and more prone to flooding.

Travellers in Gloucester, near the River Severn, hitched a ride on top of a Land Rover Discovery as they tried to dodge the floodwater. Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire was all but "cut off" by floodwater after a barrage of rain.

Nottinghamshire County Council said a major incident was declared "due to rising levels along the river Trent".