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Heavy rain started on Wednesday, with parts of Shropshire seeing more than the average monthly rainfall for October in just 24 hours.There was further disruption on many roads on Thursday, while several schools were closed.

At least one car was abandoned trying to leave Battlefield service station outside Shrewsbury, with water also covering the A49 and A53 - both key routes out of the town.Flooding on railway lines at Wellington station meant trains between Shrewsbury and Wellington were cancelled and replaced by buses for those travelling on to Wolverhampton.Telford MP Shaun Davies has previously

, after it flooded at the end of last month.Posting on Thursday, The Brooklands pub, in Shrewsbury, said it would be closed until further notice, due to "catastrophic flooding".

The nearby Rea Brook burst its banks and flooded the inside of the pub, as well as the nearby petrol station forecourt.

On Facebook, the pub said the closure would be for "several weeks if not months", adding the plan was to "gut the entire pub including restaurant and function room and start again".The panel heard allegations Mr Davies referred to a colleague as "the sexy one" and that Supt Davies was overheard talking about the "shapely figures" of female staff.

On Tuesday, the officer accepted he "made inappropriate comments from time to time".Asked about allegations he compared female colleagues to luxury cars such as Rolls Royce, Supt Davies told the panel this was based on "quality and reliability", adding "I don't see a Rolls Royce car as something sexual".

On Monday, Supt Davies told the panel he wanted to be a police officer "from a young age", joining the force in 2002 and getting promoted to superintendent in 2019.He said he was "devastated" to be served misconduct papers in 2022, causing him to become "emotionally unstable" and leading to the breakdown of his marriage.