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But some parents, wisely, can’t brook a surveillance state in their home and choose to not inform their kids of this bit of the lore.

Water rose so quickly in a brook in the town that it caused the wall holding it back to collapse, sending water gushing into the street in seconds along the streets.

The brook is a Site of Special Scientific Interest; recognised as important for key species to breed and the larger wildlife ecosystem.

There is a small brook at one end of Ms Johnson's smallholding.

Above us swallows dart through the air, Graeme takes a picture of a damsel fly and the brook to our side continues to babble.