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| Thames Water: Burst pipe in Hampton affects capital | Thames Water: Burst pipe in Hampton affects capital |
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| Schools have been closed and hospital appointments cancelled due to a burst pipe that has left large parts of London with little or no water. | Schools have been closed and hospital appointments cancelled due to a burst pipe that has left large parts of London with little or no water. |
| Thames Water said the fault at its works in Hampton had caused problems in the west and south-west areas. | Thames Water said the fault at its works in Hampton had caused problems in the west and south-west areas. |
| It said it wanted to get people's water back on "as soon as possible" but bottled water would be made available if the problem was not fixed soon. | It said it wanted to get people's water back on "as soon as possible" but bottled water would be made available if the problem was not fixed soon. |
| The TW, KT and W postcodes have been affected. | The TW, KT and W postcodes have been affected. |
| Trafalgar Junior School in Twickenham, which has been left without flushing toilets and washing facilities in the kitchen, has sent children home. | Trafalgar Junior School in Twickenham, which has been left without flushing toilets and washing facilities in the kitchen, has sent children home. |
| Radnor House School in Twickenham also closed at 10:30 BST but exams were still taking place. | Radnor House School in Twickenham also closed at 10:30 BST but exams were still taking place. |
| Hounslow and Richmond Community Healthcare NHS Trust said all planned clinics and sessions at Teddington Memorial Hospital and Teddington Health and Social Care Centre were cancelled. | Hounslow and Richmond Community Healthcare NHS Trust said all planned clinics and sessions at Teddington Memorial Hospital and Teddington Health and Social Care Centre were cancelled. |
| The evening fixture at Kempton Park Racecourse in Surrey has also been abandoned because of the problem. | |
| The racecourse tweeted there was "no estimated time of the water supply being restored today". | |
| A Thames Water statement said: "We're sorry to anyone whose water supply has been affected by a burst on a large pipe at our water works in Hampton. | A Thames Water statement said: "We're sorry to anyone whose water supply has been affected by a burst on a large pipe at our water works in Hampton. |
| "A team of engineers is there investigating and we have more experts planning how to get water back on for our customers as soon as we possibly can." | "A team of engineers is there investigating and we have more experts planning how to get water back on for our customers as soon as we possibly can." |
| Tanya O'Connell, who lives in Twickenham, said the lack of water delayed her taking medication while she recovers at home following an operation last week. | |
| The 37-year-old bank manager said her surgeon told her to take soluble pain relief, which she was meant to take at 08:00. | |
| She said Thames Water "promised they would send someone with emergency stuff" but she had to eventually send her mother to the shop to buy water. | |
| "It was difficult for her, she's in her 60s with a bad leg... taking litres of water up the stairs," Ms O'Connell said. |