A couple say they are fed up with continued flooding of their garden with sewage.

Jack O'Brien, 79, and his wife Frances moved to their house in Lydes Road, by Great Malvern Primary School, nearly 20 years ago.

They have had regular problems during bad weather when their garden fills with raw sewage. The latest incident was a month ago.

"The sewer overflows every time we have a bit of a storm," said Mr O'Brien.

"You get condoms and all the rest of it coming out the sewers, and flowing across the playground. It must be going into the children's pool."

"There's the nursery there with all the babies, and it's not cleaned up," said Mrs O'Brien, "Something has to be done or someone's going to get a terrific disease."

The couple say they have contacted Malvern Hills District Council and Severn Trent but with little success.

Mr O'Brien said: "We've been trying for 18 years. We rang up the council and a lorry came and poked a rod around, but then we were referred to Severn Trent, and Severn Trent say it's the council's responsibility."

Severn Trent spokesman Steve Hodgson said that they were not aware of any large-scale problem at the address.

"As far as we know they have the occasional flooding of the garden but no more than that. Over recent months they've not reported anything to us," he said.

"Our priorities lie where the water gets into people's homes. The trouble with the area is that the sewers are 19th century and weren't designed to cope with storms of the sort we've been having recently."

The council was unavailable for comment.