To think this should be front page news?

[worrieddaughter97]

A town in this country is living in third world conditions, with poisoned tap water!

Yet these people take hundreds of thousands of pounds in bonuses every year!

https://news.sky.com/story/brixham-water-disease-outbreak-may-last-a-week-and-infected-could-be-ill-for-up-to-a-month-expert-warns-13136944

It was the top story on the guardian app today. I agree with you that it’s scandalous!

I don't buy newspapers so I wouldn't know but it's been all over the radio!

It's been a major news story for days.

This is my hometown and I have been following this on social media groups

residents were saying for some time that there is something wrong with the water and SWW kept insisting it was fine.

Behind Ukraine, Israel and Palestine etc.

This is people in our country living in third world conditions.

It is front page news. It's been all over the news sites, was lead story on the news on the radio & been on TV. It's literally been everywhere for days now. It's not being ignored

Good job it’s not peak summer season as holiday homes and parks probably are affected.

It is front page news.

yes it’s disgusting. Yes I agree the water industry in the uk has, to put it charitably, become unfit for purpose. But to compare it to people living without clean water every day is also rather unpalatable.

These are people in our country being fed poisoned water. If it wasn't for facebook, it would have continued.

They do not have clean water. That is third world.

Absolutely awful story. I agree with others though that it's certainly been top of my newsfeed for a couple of days so I'm not sure I understand the outrage about it not being reported enough

Ok I can see you’re very agitated about this. Quite rightly. It’s appalling. But it is front page news. It has been for a couple of days. And really, your insistence on this “third world” comparison (you know that term isn’t really used now?) is really not ok.

They have water that is fine once it's been boiled.

It's a pain. It's inconvenient.

It's not insurmountable or a death sentence.

I don't think it's quite third world, my understanding is that if they boil the water it's drinkable? They can also collect bottled water (though perhaps not always enough) Third world would surely be no water out of the taps, and no bottled water avaliable.

Boiling it may not be safe, SWW have given different messages across different days

It IS front page news and it is disgusting. Not sure it qualifies the UK as a developing nation though. 🙄

Indeed.

It is front page news from what I have seen though?

Agree it is outrageous

I totally agree with you.

I agree (re questioning the third world terminology)

I'll wager routine maintenance has been cut to save money and this is the end result.

No where in the UK has clean water.
hundreds of people aren’t paying their water bills and getting away with it, simply by asking for proof of the waters cleanliness and to see results, which they can’t provide, this aren’t providing the service they should.
its disgraceful

It’s absolutely disgusting! I am hoping although don’t think it will happen that this is the beginning of water companies being forced to take their responsibilities seriously.

it has been on both main and local news for the last two days at both lunchtime and evening that I have seen though

It’s the top news on X (Twitter)

It is front page news. It's hardly Developing World levels of tragedy.

They put too much bleach in the drinking water in Glasgow.