MEADOWSIDE Special School in Woodchurch, which has been closed today because of a burst pipe, will re-open on Thursday.

Ridgeway High School in Prenton has been affected by flooding and will not open until Monday, January 10. Pupils had been due to return on Thursday this week.

Kilgarth School in Birkenhead has been affected by flooding and heating problems and will be closed on Wednesday, which was to have been the pupils' first day back. The school will re-open on Thursday.