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We haven't been able to take payment You must update your payment details via My Account or by clicking update payment details to keep your subscription. Act now to keep your subscription We've tried to contact you several times as we haven't been able to take payment. You must update your payment details via My Account or by clicking update payment details to keep your subscription. Your subscription is due to terminate We've tried to contact you several times as we haven't been able to take payment. You must update your payment details via My Account, otherwise your subscription will terminate. Sunday May 19 2024 Thousands of seaside properties and businesses in Sussex remained without water for a fourth day on Sunday after a burst pipe on Thursday stopped supplies. Residents in Hastings, St Leonards-on-Sea and Westfield criticised Southern Water for failing to have backup procedures and forcing people to collect water from the sea with buckets to flush their toilets. Local businesses had been preparing for the annual Jack in the Green festival over the bank holiday weekend, which draws thousands of visitors to Hastings and a May Day run event involving thousands of motorbikes and scooters descending on the seafront. Southern Water said that the burst pipe was replaced on Saturday The outage put pressure on reservoirs, adding to supply issues and pushing the number of households without water up by 1,500 on Sunday to 32,500. The burst pipe
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