A hairdresser in Brown Edge was forced to put out a plea for sandbags, after flash floods almost poured in through the front door of her business this week.

Joanne Carter, who runs Edge Hair and Beauty, posted on Facebook after heavy rainfall and blocked drains led to a significant build up of water on Sandy Lane.

A council highways team attended to unblock the drains, and district councillor Joe Porter praised them for their quick response.

He said: "Thank you to Staffordshire County Council Highways for acting swiftly and coming out to resolve the flash flood on Sandy Lane.

"I know that your help was a godsend and greatly appreciated by a number of Brown Edge residents and businesses."

Mrs Carter, who has run her hair and beauty business in Brown Edge for just over a year, said the area regularly has problems with flooding.

She said: "It happened last year as well. It happens loads, you can tell by the door.

"And then when the cars go past it all just splashes up. That's what causes the flooding really – it makes a wave."

She added: "Nobody wants to get flooded, do they? Luckily they did act very quick today.

"I phoned 999, the fire service, but they wouldn't come out because it was a flash flood and they said they weren't prepared to do anything – but then the council came."

Hers isn't the only business in the area to have been affected.

Sharon White, who runs Brown Edge Busy Bees nursery, said: "We weren't affected this time as it seemed to run down the road from Hough Hill rather than through the fields, so I can understand Joanne's worry."

The play area at the back of the nursery has been completely submerged in the past, with toys and play equipment all underwater as a result.

Residents have also been affected by the excess water collecting at the bottom of Sandy Lane.

Debbie Jackson said: "Basically every time it rains heavily it floods here, but this week it's been even worse than normal.

"It comes all the way down the hill and past the well, it's like a lake."

She added: "There's a stream that feeds the well, which goes behind the houses, and if that gets blocked up we get flooding, where all the water comes gushing down and straight into people's houses."

Some residents have resorted to putting sandbags out to tackle the issue, but Mrs Jackson said it seems the drains need to be more regularly checked and kept clear.