Residents still without water despite promises

Water has been restored for most affected properties after almost a week of supply problems across Kent and Sussex, South East Water (SEW) has said.

Some 30,000 properties had no water at the height of the issues, which were believed to have started on Saturday and prompted an investigation into SEW by regulator Ofwat.

SEW said water had been restored to 6,500 properties in Tunbridge Wells that were affected on Thursday evening, although some residents said they were still without supplies.

The company's incident manager, Matthew Dean, said tankers were continuing to pump water into the network in the Bidenborough area to keep supplies flowing to 320 properties which had low water levels.