'Sinkhole' appears in Northampton street

The "sinkhole" appeared in Earl Street, just off the Upper Mounts, in Northampton

A sinkhole-type void has opened up in a road in Northampton.

Police were alerted to the 8ft (2.4m) wide hole in Earl Street, just off the Upper Mounts near the Charles Bradlaugh pub, at about 14:00 BST.

It is understood to have appeared just after a car drove over that section of the road.

Police officers closed the road to traffic. A spokesman for Northamptonshire Police said Anglian Water were investigating its cause.

Anglian Water are investigating what caused the hole