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Last year’s incident in Brixham, south Devon, cost it about £21 million, pushing it deeper into an annual loss, it said.

EU trawlers to get 12 years’ access to UK waters, but some in Devon are hopeful about lower costs and less paperwork

In the spring of 2024, residents of the south Devon harbour town of Brixham kept falling ill. Their symptoms – including “awful stomach complaints, bad diarrhoea and severe headaches” – went on for weeks. A retired GP who ventured to the pub after finally recovering from the illness recalled that,…

Calls have been made for South West Water (SWW) to pay more compensation to those who were hit by the cryptosporidium outbreak in Devon.

Supplier hands out £127m to investors as it says normal service has been restored for 85% of customers

For the past two weeks, people in the south Devon town of Brixham have started contracting the disease known as crypto. There are now about 16,000 homes and businesses at risk of crypto infection due to contaminated drinking water. But what is actually going on?

South West Water says around 14,500 households in Alston area could use their tap water safely amid outbreak of waterborne illness

But authorities say households in some areas need to continue safety measures amid waterborne parasitic disease

The holiday hotspot of Brixham in Devon has been rocked by a water problem that’s threatening public health as well as local businesses. Alex Ross reports