Paignton

She suggested he could recuperate at a care home at Paignton in Devon, near where she lived, while she readied her house for him to stay there.

The item went under the hammer at NLB Auctions in Paignton on Saturday with bidders in the room, on the phone and online.

Daniel Pearce, who runs NLB Auctions in Paignton, Devon, found it among the possessions of a deceased man from Brixham.

At 20.30 the company said the 12.36 Paddington to Paignton service had been moved back to Newton Abbot, and customers were also being taken off the other stranded service.

Paignton resident Lyn Mcgarey said she was was supportive of encouraging people to use water more efficiently and that she thought it was "a good idea".