Big Newport cross country schools run cancelled by burst pipe
A cross country run that would have seen 1,300 children take part was cancelled after a mains pipe burst.
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The race at the Chetwynd Deer Park, near Newport, on Wednesday would have been the last in a series of three cross country runs organised by the Telford & Wrekin School Sports Partnership (SSP).
In a statement, the SSP announced that Severn Trent Water staff were carrying out emergency repairs to a burst main at the Edgmond Road, B5062.
The statement cited four-way traffic lights "that would cause traffic chaos and severe delays to the event".
It continued: "This situation is beyond our control, please accept our apologies."
