A couple have been forced to use a bucket as a toilet after raw sewage flooded their drains on their new-build estate.
Kim and Lee Bourton moved into a new property on The Fairways Estate, Cramlington, Northumberland, just over two years ago but have been plagued with sewage and drainage problems ever since.
Over the Christmas and New Year break the drains on the estate to became blocked, leaving them without a toilet or shower.