FLOOD victims in waterlogged Upton-upon-Severn say they were left disappointed after a visit from Deputy Prime Minister, John Prescott.

The Secretary of State for Transport, Environment and the Regions stopped off at the town to see for himself how much the River Severn has flooded.

New Street was just one stop on a whistle-stop tour of flood-stricken towns.

But Mr Prescott, who turned up without wellington boots, was greeted by barracking from farmers and hunt supporters.

The large crowd that had gathered, as well as the people who were leaning out of their windows to see him, heard how ministers would be meeting on Sunday to discuss flood defences.

"It looks bad," said Mr Prescott.

"Are there people in there?" he asked when he looked at the houses towards the end of New Street.

"I live on a flood plain in Hull," he said.

"But we don't have any floods because we have good flood defences."

"We should start giving more attention to flood control, there's more we can do than put sand bags on the front door."

He said that the reason why high profile MPs, such as himself and the Prime Minister, who visited Bewdley on Thursday, were visiting the region, was to give them a better idea of how people were affected.

"It's easy to stay in London and receive a report," he said.

But while he may have drawn the crowds and television cameras, he did little to curry favour.

"Go back to London, Prescott," shouted one irate resident.

One elderly homeowner, who is battling out the floods by staying in her flooded home, said the Deputy Prime Minmister was not helping matters by referring to his home county all the time.

"Yorkshire doesn't interest people here," said Margaret Maund, of New Street whose house has never flooded before this week.

"People want to know about what can be done here."

"We have to learn to live with it, at least I was geared up this time."

Sarah Hanson, another New Street resident, said she hoped the visit would make a difference.

""The Government should be supporting people who live near the river when it floods quite regularly," she said.