A fleet of tankers are working to pump out 60 million litres of water from a major dual carriageway after heavy rain across the UK has caused flooding.

National Highways are working to reopen the A421 in Bedfordshire in a "large scale operation" after rain on Sunday evening left it underwater.

They have already removed more than five million litres of water - more than two Olympic swimming pools - from the road near Marston Mortaine after torrential rain.

The fleet could be seen this morning (Sep 27) in the drizzly conditions after more heavy rain fell last night and this morning across the East of England.

The Met Office had issued an amber weather warning covering central England which expired at 6am this morning.