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Burst water main on Bedford high street has pumped water all over the road and even lifted the tarmac. Cars are driving through carefully. Image: Jo Casey

Monthly column: Heatwave and broken pipes

The heat is on, literally, for water companies to start to fix all the broken pipes where thousands of litres of water are pouring out over hot tarmac across the UK...
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Burst water main on Bedford high street has pumped water all over the road and even lifted the tarmac. Cars are driving through carefully. Image: Jo Casey

Bedford High Street springs a leak as hosepipe ban comes into effect

A burst water main has ripped through tarmac on Bedford High Street, just two days after Anglian Water introduced a strict temporary hosepipe ban across the region due to prolonged heatwaves...
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