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      Realtime pollution alerts needed on Windermere, campaigners say after boy nearly dies

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 16 March 2026

    Exclusive: Claire Earley’s son Rex spent six weeks in hospital after contracting E coli from contaminated lake

    Realtime pollution alerts are needed across Windermere urgently, campaigners have said, as the mother of a seven-year-old boy who kayaked on the lake described how he nearly died after contracting a dangerous strain of E coli from contaminated water.

    Claire Earley’s son Rex spent six weeks in hospital, and underwent two emergency operations, after a family kayaking trip on Windermere last August.

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