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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Chris Slater

Dad sick of floods on road near his house grabs rubber ring and swims in giant puddle

A fed-up dad launched an inflatable onto a giant puddle near his house in a bid to try and 'shame' council bosses into fixing the flooding.

Father-of-five Jayme Loftus, 40, has lived in Brinnington in Stockport since he was a child. And he says the section near the railway bridge on Lingard Lane, one of the major routes into the area, has "for years" been left underwater following heavy rain.

A huge puddle has again formed following torrential downpours starting last Wednesday. Jayme says pavements were left soaked meaning pedestrians had to get their feet wet whilst motorists had to run the risk of passing through a deep pool of water sending huge amounts of spray into the air.

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