Levels of a potentially deadly bacteria in a river used for water activities for children, have 'spiked alarmingly' leaving two children in hospital.

Mothers of two children struck down with E.coli and campylobacter after visits to Lake Windermere are calling on the Prime Minister to stop sewage release into watercourses.

Experts have revealed in painful detail the extensive risks - from agonising stomach cramps and relentless diarrhoea to severe dehydration, blood poisoning, organ failure and even…

More than 50 additional cases of salmonella have been confirmed amid a major outbreak linked to imported eggs - as health officials scramble to control the spread.

Levels of a potentially deadly bacteria in a river used for water activities for children, have 'spiked alarmingly' leaving two children in hospital.

Salmonella cases have spiked by 25 per cent since July with 207 cases reported by The UK Health Security Agency last week alone.

Two people have died and almost 500 people have been infected with salmonella, in three major outbreaks linked to imported eggs, health officials say.