Worcester racecourse (about an hour from here by car) was one of the many local areas badly flooded by rain recently.  Now thousands of fish stranded by the flood water are being stunned with electricity as part of efforts to rescue them. 

The Environment Agency has said that the oxygen levels have been dropping out of the water quickly so the fish would die if they were not helped now. Electricity is passed through the water before the fish are collected in nets and tanks to be stored until they can be put back in the water later.

Meanwhile, the council is using a Worcester firm that specialises in air pollution, to spray a neutralising mist over the flood water to get rid of the smell of drains (and the odd dead fish no doubt).