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The Latest Breaking News from United Utilities

'Waterfall' railway bridge damaged as major water leak now stopped

Trains, however, continue to be suspended for a fourth day

Manchester Evening News

Trains cancelled and lines closed after thousands of gallons of water submerges tracks

Trains running between Manchester Piccadilly to Leeds via Stalybridge and on the Glossop line are being impacted

Manchester Evening News

Tameside leak leaves households in Droylsden with no water

Local businesses have been forced to close this morning due to the leak

Manchester Evening News

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Passengers face 'severe delays' in Manchester due to flooding on railway lines

A burst water main began flooding the tracks in the early hours of Thursday

Manchester Evening News

Massive water leak floods train tracks

Network Rail said it was forced to close the line in Audenshaw, east Manchester, at around 2am on Thursday due to a burst water main.

The Independent UK

Homes and businesses left without water after burst pipe in Greater Manchester town

Bottled water was handed out to families in Whitworth near Rochdale

Manchester Evening News

Answers demanded over sewage being pumped into the Mersey

United Utilities insisted it was not at fault for the grim scenes in the river

Liverpool Echo

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Child sex offence suspect named, Jet2 row and 'Raw sewage' in River Mersey

The latest ECHO headlines at lunchtime on Tuesday, August 30

Liverpool Echo

United Utilities respond to videos of raw sewage in River Mersey

Grim pictures and videos of the river emerged over the weekend

Liverpool Echo

Rain could become Wales' 'oil of the future' according to expert

Questions have been raised as to whether Wales should charge to send rain water to England

Wales Online

‘It stinks’: Windermere plagued by blue-green algae as ‘toxic as cobra venom’

Campaigners accused of ‘scaremongering’ despite tests of algal bloom in lake exceeding WHO guidelines

The Guardian - UK

'Foul' smelling oil found dumped at popular riverfront woodland

The Environment Agency are investigating the source of the 'pollution'

Manchester Evening News

London wants to take water from another region's reservoir to solve capital's drought

The GMB Union thinks a Victorian plan to move water via the river Severn, the Cotswold canals into the river Thames to deal with predictable and expected periodic droughts in London and the South East

Daily Mirror

Plan outlined to take water from Welsh reservoir and send it to London to solve drought

GMB London has called on Thames Water and the UK Government to implement the Victorian-era idea

Wales Online

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The Guardian - UK

As drought hits, what are UK water company chief executives paid?

Anger is growing over the huge sums handed to shareholders and executives

Manchester Evening News

Low water levels continue at Manchester's reservoirs during weekend of extreme heat

The Enivornment Agency has warned that England’s drought could persist into next year

Manchester Evening News

Five-year tunnelling project to take place in Bury as part of new £1.75bn water pipeline

The work is part of the Haweswater Aqueduct Resilience Programme which is laying new sections of pipeline from the Lake District to Greater Manchester

Manchester Evening News

Fears of looming drought as water levels at Woodhead Reservoir continue to fall

The Met Office recently raised the Fire Severity Index to the highest level, warning there was also an “exceptional” risk of wildfires.

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Liverpool Echo

Kids play in fountain of water as hydrant set off 'illegally'

United Utilities have confirmed the hydrant was set off illegally

Manchester Evening News

Manchester will be hotter than Los Angeles this weekend as heatwave to last longer than 37C scorcher

The Met Office has issued an amber 'extreme heat' warning for large parts of Greater Manchester

Manchester Evening News

Haunting pictures show dramatically low water levels at Woodhead Reservoir

The low water levels follow months of little rainfall and hot weather

Daily Mirror

Water firms leaking 2.4bn litres EVERY DAY as Brits face drought and hosepipe bans

Thames Water was the biggest culprit, leaking 605m litres a day, with Severn Trent and United Utilities not far behind - despite the bosses of the firms trousering big salaries

Daily Mirror

Eerie pictures show UK reservoirs at dramatically low levels as hosepipe bans start

South East Water say they have been left with no choice but to ban the use of hosepipes and sprinklers from Friday in Kent and Sussex - until further notice

Manchester Evening News

Eerie photos and video reveal shockingly low Dovestone Reservoir water levels

United Utilities say they are not considering a hosepipe ban despite the low levels

Liverpool Echo

United Utilities issue update to customers hit by burst water pipe

The water company sent out an update to those affected by issue which left thousands without water

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