7,500 without water in North

More than 7,500 properties are without a water supply in West Tyrone and Fermanagh.

Around 7,750 water customers remain without supply in the North due to an on-going industrial dispute, with warnings that more homes could see their taps run dry.

Government-owned supply company Northern Ireland Water outlined the current scale of the problem ahead of renewed talks with union bosses aimed at bringing the four-week protest to an end.