Flooding caused by Storm Babet continues to cause road closures and travel disruption in Shropshire.
A crew of refuse workers used their bin lorry to rescue school children who were left stranded in floodwater.
It meant parents and carers were unable to collect their children from Corvedale Church of England Primary School.Kim Simm, the mother of one of the children, said the men took several journeys back and forth on Friday afternoon to bring the children to their parents as they waited on the other side of the brook.on the border in the north of the county.The EA has said temporary flood barriers had been put up in Ironbridge with the river level expected to peak on Monday.
Road closures have been put in place in both directions of the A488 in Colebatch, as well as the Battlefield Link Road in Shrewsbury.
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