A grandfather was taken to hospital after accidentally swallowing sewage water when his house was flooded.
Chris Spencer and his wife Marlene, both 70, were forced to flee their home in Chester on Wednesday night with the help of their family after dirty water began seeping in amid the bad weather caused by Storm Christoph.
Flooding in Chris and Marlene Spencer’s home in Chester (Alex Roberts)
Granddaughter Alex Roberts, who went to help her grandparents after receiving a call, told the PA news agency: “As he was trying to get out he fell over into the water and hurt his back, then he swallowed sewage water.