Third day of water disruption in Kent and Sussex

Water supply issues in Kent and Sussex have continued for a third day as temperatures continue to soar.

South East Water customers in three Kent villages - Charing, Challock and Molash - began facing disruption on Saturday morning, with issues peaking on Sunday with about 800 homes affected.

A water company spokesperson said it was struggling to pump water to higher ground due to "increased demand for drinking water in the hot weather".

Incident manager Steve Benton said that the issues were currently thought to be affecting about 250 homes, with further problems in Broomfield Gate and Whitstable overnight. Some 500 homes were thought to be affected in total across Kent and East Sussex.

Other villages across Kent reportedly facing issues include Anvil Green, Waltham and Elmsted.

About 168 homes were also thought to be affected by outages in Eastbourne, East Sussex, on Sunday afternoon.

Temperatures recorded in parts of Kent on Saturday made it the hottest day of the year so far, according to the Met Office.

Bottled water stations remain open in Challock for those affected.

Benton added: "We're working hard to maintain supplies to customers across our network as the hot weather and increased demand for drinking water continues.

"Some customers on higher ground may, however, experience low water pressure or intermittent supply at peak times."

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