E coli found in water supply of property in south-east London

The notice advises residents to boil all water ‘before it is used for drinking, cleaning teeth, preparing food, provision of drinking water for pets’. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA

Households in south-east London have been told to boil their water after E coli was found in the supply of a property.

People in properties in Brockley have been advised to boil any water they use until the results of tests conducted during visits by Thames Water are returned.