{"id":348985,"date":"2026-06-03T15:00:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T14:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-exmouth-residents-are-suing-south-west-water-bbc-news\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T15:00:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T14:00:25","slug":"why-exmouth-residents-are-suing-south-west-water-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-exmouth-residents-are-suing-south-west-water-bbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Exmouth residents are suing South West Water | BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/v6OcFdNoWf8\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Why Exmouth residents are suing South West Water | BBC News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v6OcFdNoWf8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Lawyers say nearly 2000 people across Devon and Cornwall have signed up to demand compensation from the local water company over sewage spills. <\/p>\n<p>The group legal claim wants South West Water held responsible for occasions when raw sewage discharges prevented people using the sea and deterred tourists from using local businesses. <\/p>\n<p>South West Water last year spilled sewage for more hours than any other English water company \u2013 more than 400,000 in total. 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