Sheffield: Flooded Southey Green residents call for full compensation

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Water gushed into houses in the Southey Green area of Sheffield after a pipe ruptured in January.

By Simon Thake & Tom AireyResidents whose houses flooded after a water main burst in Sheffield say they are still waiting to be fully compensated five months on.

"We're still living upstairs, still no cooking equipment and just managing day by day as best as we can," she said.Jack Robinson, another Southey Close resident, said Yorkshire Water had left them "high and dry" with the lack of contact, with his problems compounded by his employer letting him go. "They said they weren't renewing my contract due to my attendance, which I couldn't help because I needed the time off on my property."

 

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