Pensioner at a Hatch End nursing home have been evacuated to Hatfield due to the severe weather conditions.

Silverlands Care Home, in Wellington Road, was forced to move up to 35 residents to Hertfordshire after the central heating packed up.

Rita Harris, regional manager for Sanctuary Care said: "On Tuesday we safely transferred all 26 residents from Silverlands Care Home to Hatfield Nursing Home in Hertfordshire, following problems with underground water pipes.

"We are pleased to confirm that they are all safe, well and have quickly settled into their new surroundings.

"Although the move was initially disruptive for them, our residents are all very happy and comfortable at Hatfield, which is one of our newest, state-of-the-art homes and therefore has the bed spaces to keep them all together, which was essential to ease their transition."

Silverlands' staff will continue to care for the home's residents for the duration of their stay at Hatfield.

Ms Harris said: "Despite the bad weather we have managed to get all the staff to Hatfield and they have overnight bags in case the weather worsens.

"This situation was unavoidable after engineers confirmed the heating system and water pipes under Silverlands needed replacing, work which could take around three months to complete."