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The government promised to take action after a BBC undercover investigation in 2011 exposed the criminal abuse of people with learning disabilities at Winterbourne View private hospital near Bristol.

“I mean, her name’s Eudora Winterbourne. And don’t make some kind of stupid connection between ‘winter’ and ‘snow.’

The water company - which supplies water to the Winterbourne, Stoke Gifford and Bradley Stoke areas of the county impacted by the burst - said that the issue has been permanently fixed and apologised for any disruption.

Bottles of water were supplied to residents outside the Co-op on Winterbourne Road from yesterday evening and throughout today.

More than 50 balloons are floating over Bristol heading north-east over the city centre towards Filton and Winterbourne.