An elderly couple have had their Christmas food ruined after their garage was flooded.

Pauline Williams, 68, and her husband, James, 72, who was diagnosed with alzheimer's eight years ago, stored all their food ready for Christmas in the freezer in the garage.

However, the burst water pipe last Wednesday in Cressing Road, Braintree, meant water got into the garage, stopping the freezer from working as well as contaminating the £130 worth of food in it.