HOMES in East Lancashire suffered from no or low water pressure this afternoon.

United Utilities engineers attended to a burst water pipe in Lawrence Avenue, Burnley, at 3.30pm.

Repairs took a few hours to be carried out.

Properties in Rossendale were also affected.

A United Utilities spokesman said: “Our engineers worked hard to rectify this as quickly as possible.

“We asked all customers to be patient while we resolve the issues.


“We apologise for any trouble this caused to those who were affected.”


A water pumping station stopped working after a power failure.