Paul Daniels and Debbie McGee’s multi-million pound home engulfed by water as River Thames bursts its banks

TV magician and celebrity Paul Daniels’ home was flooded this week after the River Thames burst its banks.

Gallons of floodwater cascaded into the TV funnyman’s home which he shares with his partner Debbie McGee in Wargrave, Berkshire.   

Earlier in the day he tweeted advising neighbours to ‘get inflatable paddling pools downstairs and dump everything you can into them. You will save so much stuff.’

Tim Peers, of Peers and Hilton estate agents in Shiplake, Berkshire, added: ‘The only way you can really get insurance is by taking on the existing owners’ insurance.

‘I personally would have to say that I would not in a million years buy a house that I know floods every year – it is a horror story every year.’

Wales and South-West England are to endure more rain tomorrow, which will return again on Sunday – with a high chance of snow in the North.

Rising rivers include the Hampshire Avon through Wiltshire, Hampshire and Dorset, the Parrett in Somerset and the Severn through the Midlands.