A school in Norfolk has been forced to close today due to a district-wide water outage. 

Wymondham College and Wymondham College Prep School are closed following an interruption to the water supply in an area that stretches from Attleborough to Wymondham and Wymondham to Long Stratton.

According to Anglian Water, engineers are due to investigate the cause of the outage with no estimated repair time. 

Wymondham & Attleborough Mercury: Hundreds of homes across south Norfolk are without water this morningHundreds of homes across south Norfolk are without water this morning (Image: Anglian Water)Wymondham College said on social media: "Due to issues with water supply and Anglian Water being unable to confirm when the water will be back on, the College is closed to 'Day' students today.

"The parents of boarding students are asked to collect them as soon as you can."

Hundreds of homes are expected to be affected by the loss of water.