ENGINEERS are working to fix a water leak which has caused some residents in Newton-le-Willows to lose supplies.

United Utilities are seeking to repair the leak on Rushy View, Newton-le-Willows today, Wednesday.

Shortly before 5am residents reported an issue in the area causing them to have no water or low supply.

A couple of hours later United Utilities confirmed this was being caused by a leak on Rushy View.

Leakage engineers have been called to the site this morning.

In a statement shortly after 9am, United Utilities said: "Our leakage engineers have arrived at Rushy Drive and Belvedere Road and will start work on repairing the leaks as soon as possible.

"We’re sorry for the inconvenience, we’ll provide further updates once the leak is repaired."