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Suffolk was lashed by torrential rain over the weekend, and for some the clear-up continued throughout the start of the week.

On the borders of Essex and Suffolk, Sturmer resident and Governor at Haverhill School, Samuel Ward, Lionel Murphy returned home from a wedding to find his house under three-feet of water.

However although the damage will cost thousands of pounds to repair was philosophical and upbeat. He said that the flooding had brought all the residents of the village together.

On the A1017, nr Haverhill, firefighters on Sunday were called to rescue five people and their dog from a car. They had become stranded after water reached two feet deep.

According to one source just over 60 mm (2.4 inches) of rain fell on Haverhill over the weekend, bringing the total for October over the total of 104mm (4 inches) for the whole of September.

Other parts of the county were badly hit too. In Cavendish, the A1092 was impassable for the third time in a year. Four properties in the village were flooded, and according to local resident Nick Finch: “Heavy goods vehicles kept ploughing through like lunatics.”