Urgent water repair work closes busy village road

Work is being carried out to fix the leak on Tinkers Hill, Shortstown, Bedfordshire

A busy village road remains closed after a large water leak.

Bedford Borough Council said the A600 Tinkers Hill in Shortstown, the main road into the village from Bedford, had been shut since Wednesday.

Anglian Water is carrying out urgent repairs, it confirmed.

A diversion of about 21 miles (about 35km) is in place.

The council said Stagecoach buses 9Aa and 9B were serving Cotton End and Shortstown, looping round and back out through Cotton End to Wilstead and adding up to 40 minutes to the journey.

Regular bus services were running up to the lay-by stop on the A600 before the A421 bypass junctions, it added.

"They will wait for their regular departure time from this stop so residents can access the service from this location," the council said.

"Please be very careful crossing any roads and junctions on the route to this stop.,"