On Friday, July 6th houses in Silver Birches were flooded for the first time residents can remember. Despite a huge amount of work carried out at the weekend by Amey contractors, when the heavy rains returned on Friday, July 13th the residents were very afraid that the flooding would also return. Councillors Phil Cutter and Andrew Atkinson were at Silver Birches and Roman Way in the morning to inspect the work Amey had carried out.

Councillor Atkinson told the Gazette that Amey had been true to their word and had started work on the problem the day after the flooding on July 6th. They unblocked 110 drains in one day, exposed the culverts and cut the overgrown hedges back.

However, due to more heavy rain on Friday night, July 13th, the houses were once again in danger of being flooded. Residents and Councillors, who once again turned out to help, said that the work Amey had done, prevented the situation being as bad as it had been the week before. But Cllr Atkinson added: "There is clearly still a problem in the area which will have to be addressed."

Residents of Silver Birches are also concerned that their insurance premiums will increase drastically if their houses are perceived to be in a flood plain. They have written to Herefordshire Council and Amey asking them to put in writing the unusual nature of the events and details of the way they are addressing the problems. They will then send this to their insurance companies. MP Jesse Norman, who was in Hereford for Diamond Day also visited Ross to see how the residents had suffered.

He said:?"The floods hit many families in Ross extremely hard. Andy Atkinson did a terrific job in helping many of those affected. But we need to find out exactly what went wrong, and how this damage can be prevented from recurring."