A grandma blighted by "tidal waves" hitting her home as people drive past says she is scared to open her front door.

Brenda Baxter has lived in Main Street, Rosliston, for 62 years, but in the past few months has had standing water outside her house.

Blocked drains and water running off nearby fields mean there is now what she describes as a "river" running outside her front door.

The water has damaged her fences and block paving - and splashes on her windows in a "tidal wave" whenever cars drive through it.

Mrs Baxter, who is in her 80s, said: "Every time they give heavy rain out, I'm crossing my fingers that my house won't get flooded.

"When the last two storms were forecast, I was really worried about what could happen to my house.

"I don't dare let my dog, Bullseye, out the front door because I'm scared a car will drive past and the water will soak me and get in the house.

"When I bought this house, I never thought I'd be living next to a river."

The build-up of water has caused parts of the road outside Mrs Baxter's cottage to break away.

And some of the block paving in her garden has collapsed, with the ground underneath weakened by the water.

She said: "I have to sleep downstairs now, so when you're asleep and cars are going past at midnight or the early hours of the morning, it's really scary.

"It's not just the water the cars flick up either, it's the little stones.

Brenda Baxter is frustrated with cars splashing her home due to standing water

"And when they're hitting your window, it's really loud and can be frightening if you're just dropping off to sleep.

"When big cars speed through it, it's like a tidal wave."

Residents have blamed blocked drains and a culvert in a nearby field for the amount of water that flows through the village.

Some homes in New Street were flooded when Storm Dennis hit earlier this month, which came just as the clean-up operations had been completed after previous floods in November.

Parish councillor Paul Marbrow said: "Something needs to be done.

"In the space of around six months, the village has been flooded five times, where before it would only happen once every 20 years or so.

"There are people, like Brenda, who are in their homes worrying about what will happen next and it shouldn't be like that.

"We just want the council to come and get it sorted.

"It's never been like this before and it's not acceptable that people are having to worry like this.

"It feels like, in Rosliston, people forget we exist."

The standing water is even a problem when it has not rained

A spokesman for Derbyshire County Council said: "The road gullies are linked to a culvert that is linked to a watercourse which has high water levels after the recent heavy rain.

"The road flooding is happening because the rainwater has nowhere to go.

"We have investigation work planned in March but that depends on the water level receding.

"We have issued sandbags to local residents to help them protect their homes from water being pushed towards houses by passing cars.

"We are aware of residents' concerns and we would urge drivers to be considerate and drive slowly through standing water."