Page 19 - South Devon News Today

Hundreds of protesters demonstrated at lakes across the UK on Saturday to raise concerns about the state of the UK's water.

Around 16,000 households and businesses in the Brixham area of Devon have been told not to use their tap water for drinking without boiling and cooling it first.

South West Water said thousands can now drink tap water following the Cryptosporidium outbreak in a latest announcement with the UKHSA having said cases had doubled yesterday

A Devon MP has branded a water company's response to a parasite being found in the water supply as "contemptible and just generally incompetent".

At least 46 people were taken ill in the UK after a cryptosporidium outbreak, a microscopic parasite that causes diarrhoea, was reported around the Brixham area of Devon, a scenic fishing village in southwestern England.

Ness Cove in the picturesque county of Devon is one of the British coast's best kept secrets, and is unique in how it's only accessible through a special tunnel

The Dorset beach has been awarded a Blue Flag but some visitors were let down by the experience.

Families on Raddicombe Close in Brixham, South Devon were repeatedly assured that their water was safe to drink despite reporting that it had an unpleasant taste and was causing sickness.

Residents in the affected area have been told to boil tap water before drinking it.

Council says primary school in Brixham shut due to having no drinking water as cases of cryptosporidiosis investigated