Plan B Forum

Residents living near a stream measuring fewer than three inches deep are asking why a water company installed a life-saving ring next to it.

The orange lifebuoy has been put up alongside a brook in Fetcham, Surrey, which, accordingly to locals, is barely deep enough to cover the top of their shoes if they walk into it.

But Thames Water deemed the life-saving equipment necessary after doing a recent 'health and safety' review which suggested safety precautions were needed beside the brook which, even after heavy rain, barely reaches six inches deep.