HOMES across York were left without water supplies or had low water pressure for several hours last night after a pumping station was hit by a power outage.

The problems are also understood to have led to the closure of numerous city centre bars and clubs.

Yorkshire Water said customers anywhere in the YO postcode area might have no water or low pressure due to the outage.

"We are working to restore supplies back to normal as soon as possible," said a spokesperson at 11.30pm.

At about 3am today, they said all supplies had been restored, but warned that some customers might experience discolouration of their water.

Some residents told Yorkshire Water they had an urgent need for water, with one person tweeting that they had disabled children who needed constant access to water.

Another said the loss of supplies was causing 'sewage issues.'

Areas affected include the Fishergate ward, where homes initially suffered from low pressure but where some had no water at all by 10.30pm.

There were also reports of Haxby, Wigginton, Copmanthorpe, Acomb, Strensall, Clifton Moor and Holgate all being affected.

Homes also lost their electricity supplies for half a second earlier in the evening, which is thought to have been connected to the outage.

Northern Powergrid said it was dealing with a major power cut in the Hull Road area.

A source said the loss of power had led to the early closure of the David Lloyd Club.