Hundreds of homes affected after burst water pipe

More than 200 properties were left without water or low pressure after a pipe burst in a road in Nottinghamshire.

The burst water main in Lingwood Lane, Woodborough, caused problems for homes and businesses in the NG3 and NG4 areas, including Carlton, for several hours on Tuesday.

Gallons of water flooded the road, causing travel disruption nearby.

Severn Trent said teams were on site and water supply had been restored to all properties, adding work to repair the pipe was under way.

A team worked to restore the supply by moving water around the network

One resident said the road had been flooded on Tuesday morning and it was impassable.

"It's absolutely awash. It's boot deep," he said.

"When you go down on to the football field, it's a mess."

Michael Payne, Labour MP for Gedling, said the burst water main had caused disruption for public transport and residents in Woodborough village.

Jody Stoll, county councillor for the Calverton ward, said: "Woodborough has a history of flooding, so an event like this, particularly this type of mains water rupture, brings out anxiety in the village - quite rightly.

"There's a few bungalows towards the back of the sports field where the water encroached on to gardens and patios, but fortunately there's been no internal flooding."

Amanda Mellor, chairwoman of Woodborough Flood Action Group, added it was able to alert properties that could have been affected by flooding.

"In this instance, we were able to know the properties that are more vulnerable and the people that might need some help," she said.

"We went to them and basically swept water into drains so it didn't go near their houses."

Part of the road has been shut while work is carried out to repair the pipe

Severn Trent said it had received about 200 calls from customers reporting no or low pressure, adding some in the affected areas had water throughout.

It said the team worked to restore the supply by moving water around the network, as well as bringing in tankers to help.

Part of the road has been shut while work is carried out to repair the pipe.

A company spokesperson said: "We are sorry to anyone who has experienced little to no water as a result.

"After engineers quickly moved water around the network and used tankers to pump water into the network, supplies have returned back to normal.

"Our focus will now be to fix the pipe, and to do that we will require a section of Lingwood Lane to be closed.

"We are sorry for any disruption this will cause, but it will be our priority to have it fixed and back to normal as quickly as possible."