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Clean-up operation at regularly flooded school

Firefighters will join residents of Tipton St John for a clean-up of flood water at the local primary school today.

The school floods regularly after heavy rain - and its head teacher wants to move to a better site.

Once again the grounds of Tipton St John primary have ended up under water - or covered in mud from the surrounding farmland.

And once again local residents are joining fire crews to get rid of the mess so that children can go back in for the new term.

So far they've been lucky and only flooded during the holidays, but the head teacher has expressed concern about the safety of pupils if it should happen while the buildings are occupied.

The school has applied for Government funding for a new building - but was turned down last year.

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