Heather,
In 1999, you were eight years old, playing on a beach in Devon. It should have been a carefree family holiday - sand between your toes, salt in the air, laughter all around you.
Instead, you contracted E. coli O157 - an infection linked to sewage pollution.
There is no treatment.
Within days, it caused catastrophic kidney failure. Within two weeks, your parents were forced to make the most unimaginable decision - to switch off your life support.
More than 25 years later, @Channel4's Dirty Business brings your story back into the national conversation. But behind every drama, every headline, every statistic - there is you. A little girl. A daughter. A life cut heartbreakingly short.
Heather, this is why campaigners across the country are demanding urgent action to rescue our rivers, lake and seas - so no other family has to say goodbye because our waters were not safe.
Your story should never have happened.
And it must never happen again.
✍️ Please sign the petition with @surfersagainstsewage and tell Keir Starmer to end the sewage scandal: https://t.co/nIsge5wPc1
SAY HIS NAME: Wayne Broadhurst.
A binman. A husband. A local lad who tried to help — murdered on his dog walk.
His alleged killer? A 22-year-old Afghan who came here illegally in a lorry, then granted leave to remain by our own government.
No coverage on ITV. No candlelit vigils. No lectures from politicians about “the epidemic of violence.” Just silence.
Wayne deserved better. Britain deserves better.
@TheDivineFrog@linwood_barclay I’ve read them all. Look both ways stands out for me and Whistle, as already mentioned ruined above is different to the rest, but a real page turner.