Alistair Carns is a first-time MP who won in the Labour stronghold of Birmingham Selly Oak last week. The brother of Ben Williams, who died from a brain tumour aged six, has a life-limiting condition.

The five flood warnings were for Bourn Brook at Selly Oak, The Bourn at Bournville, Illey Brook at Halesowen, and the rivers Tame at Hamstead and Cole at Coleshill. READ MORE: UK faces 311-mile ...