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LIVE: Bottled water to be handed out as Seven Trent battles to keep schools open in Cheltenham

Water began to return late last night, although there was very low pressure from the taps, and many people had full supplies restored in time for getting ready for school and work.
However, there could still be low pressure and taps could run dry again as Severn Trent says it will be opening a station where customers can collect free bottled water.
This will be at Morrison’s car park, Caernavon Road, Up Hatherley, Cheltenham, GL51 3BW from 8am and Seven Trent will be there all day.
The burst pipes caused flooding around the Arle Court roundabout on the A40 in Cheltenham and people in the GL51 area, including Up Hatherley and Leckhampton, found their taps running dry from around 11.30am on Sunday.
And while supplies returned for a bit, many people had no water until around 10pm on Sunday.
"We know that this is going to be inconvenient as you try to get ready for work and school, but please bear with us – we’re trying our best to get everything back to normal as quickly as we can.
Areas of Cheltenham were without water or experiencing low pressure for hours after two water pipes were confirmed to have burst.
However, just before 4pm, they revealed a second pipe had burst in the area which would also need to be fixed.
We know that this is going to be inconvenient as you try to get ready for work and school, but please bear with us – we’re trying our best to get everything back to normal as quickly as we can.
We’ll be at Morrison’s car park, Caernavon Road, Up Hatherley, Cheltenham, GL51 3BW from 08:00 am.

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