内容摘要：She said parents could risk fines if they booked a holiday which only fit with one of their children's school terms, and may also have to pay extra for childcare.

She said parents could risk fines if they booked a holiday which only fit with one of their children's school terms, and may also have to pay extra for childcare.

Firefighters from stations across Oxfordshire were called to help people try and protect their homes as the water rose on Monday.The service said crews spent more than six hours in Tiddington dealing with flooded roads and properties due to the unprecedented rainfall.

Mike Adock, assistant chief fire officer for Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service, said: "It was a very, very busy day... we were in Wheatley, Thame, Barton, Oxford, Kidlington and Banbury, those were the most affected areas yesterday."The weather yesterday was, by all accounts, the worst weather in a 24-hour period for 56 years."We've had a quieter night, although our crews have been working throughout the night.

"Now it's a case of resting our crews so we are ready to be called if needed."Rachael Blakey, who lives in Bucknell near Bicester, stayed overnight with friends after her house was flooded on Monday.

"We've never had it inside our house before, this is the worst we've had it," she said.

"They didn't close the road, so people were still driving through creating tidal waves which also pushed the water into homes."Scientists discovered a new species of spiny mouse - named after the especially stiff guard hairs found on their coats, which function similar to the spines of a hedgehog.

They also found a new "amphibious mouse", which has partially webbed feet and eats aquatic insects.It belongs to a group of semi-aquatic rodents considered to be among the rarest in the world, with the few species known to exist only spotted a handful of times by scientists.

A Labour MP said she has been "completely exonerated" of allegations of antisemitism and transphobia.Rosie Duffield, MP for Canterbury, was previously placed under investigation by the party after she liked a tweet from comedy writer Graham Linehan.