FIRE officers and a farmer helped a landlord when his pub flooded at the weekend.

The basement at the Bridge Inn, in Ramshaw, near Evenwood, Teesdale, began to flood after melting snow overflowed drains on Sunday.

Landlord David Cox called the fire brigade and, along with a neighbouring farmer, they helped pump water from the cellar. The pub remained open.

The flooding comes just a few months after the pub was flooded at the end of last year, causing nearly £7,500 worth of damage. Mr Cox said he is still waiting to be reimbursed from his insurers from the first flooding.

He said: "We're still in correspondence about that.

"Fortunately the water was pumped away and there was no damage done."