South West England

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South West England, or the South West of England, is one of the nine official regions of England in the United Kingdom. It consists of the counties of Cornwall, Dorset, Devon, Bristol, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire. Cities and large towns in the region include Bath, Bristol, Bournemouth, Cheltenham, Exeter, Gloucester, Plymouth and Swindon. It is geographically the largest of the nine regions of England with a land area of 9,203 square miles (23,836 km²), but the third-least populous, with an estimated 5,764,881 residents in 2022.

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Warning to boil tap water after 22 cases of diarrhoea disease confirmed People have been told to boil their drinking water after 22 cases of a waterborne disease were confirmed in South West England. Sky News - Published on May 15, 2024
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More should have been done to help 1 million homes without power in storm last year, Ofgem report says As Storm Eunice barrels towards the South West of England, the UK's energy watchdog has issued an initial report on the impact of Storm Arwen last November, which left more than a million homes without.. Sky News - Published on February 17, 2022