Patients receiving kidney dialysis in Tunbridge Wells have been transferred to London as the town grapples with a five-day water outage which has been called a “public health emergency”.

Sir Keir Starmer has been urged to call an emergency Cobra meeting to deal with the crisis in the Kent town, which has affected 24,000 homes and caused schools and hospitality venues to close.

On Wednesday, South East Water said that water would be returning to the area but issued a “boil water notice” instructing people not to drink the water without boiling it first. New Feature

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The incident began on Saturday evening, with South East Water blaming a “bad” batch of chemicals at its Pembury water treatment works.

The company has repeatedly missed

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