A ROAD has been closed due to a burst water pipe.

Newtown Road, in Malvern, was shut today and the closure is expected to be lifted on Thursday, November 2.

Cllr Alan Amos, cabinet member for Highways, said: "Newtown Road, Malvern, is closed between junction Hornyold Road and Hornyold Ave, because of a burst water pipe.

"Severn Trent personnel are currently working on site, and the road will be re-opened once repair works have been completed."