Mains water begins returning to 32,500 East Sussex properties after pipe burst

Southern Water says supplies coming back to St Leonards-on-Sea and Hastings now that rupture deep in woodland has been fixed

Water is returning to more than 30,000 homes in East Sussex after a main burst three days ago.

Southern Water said that supplies were “gradually being restored” in St Leonards-on-Sea and Hastings in an update on Sunday afternoon, with about 32,500 properties affected.