MP says water boss should quit over shortages

Tunbridge Wells MP Mike Martin has called for South East Water (SEW) chief executive David Hinton to quit over shortages in the area.

Households lost supply on Saturday night after Pembury Water Treatment Works had stopped working "due to a bad chemical batch", SEW said.

Matthew Dean, from SEW, said: "Our focus is entirely on returning supplies to our customers as soon as possible.

"Once we have returned supplies to all customers, a thorough investigation will take place into what happened."