A BURST mains pipe has left a village without water since 6.30am.

Residents of Caton woke up this morning to discover nothing was coming out of their taps due to a faulty pressure valve.

But as soon as engineers fixed that problem they were confronted with another one as a mains water pipe burst in a field near Brookhouse Road.

United Utilities are handling the fault and hope to have fixed it by later this afternoon.

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A spokesperson said they would be bringing water into the village via an alternative route until the issue is resolved.