Thousands of people are without water across the UK and are likely to be entitled to compensation.
Source: No water: Can I claim compensation? Your rights explained – BBC News
Tests on major brands of bottled water have found that nearly all of them contained tiny particles of plastic.
In the largest investigation of its kind, 250 bottles bought in nine different countries were examined.
Research led by journalism organisation Orb Media discovered an average of 10 plastic particles per litre, each larger than the width of a human hair.
Companies whose brands were tested told the BBC that their bottling plants were operated to the highest standards.
Read more on the BBC News web site:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-43388870
Spanish health chiefs are investigating the cases on Palmanova, the neighbouring resort of Magaluf, after positive samples of Legionnaires’ were found at an unnamed hotel
Source: Deadly Legionnaires’ disease outbreak kills one tourist and leaves 17 seriously ill in Majorca
One person with Legionnaires’ died and another fell ill and tests traced the source of the bacteria to the hotel.
Source: Fatal Legionnaires’ outbreak at Ludlow hotel – BBC News
Stephen Clements, a grandfather, from Cromer, Norfolk, inhaled toxic bacteria which had grown in stagnant water within the pipe. He died a week later at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital.
Source: Man, 63, dies of Legionnaires’ after working in garden | Daily Mail Online