People have been warned to stay away from a Devon river after a number of children playing in it suffered severe vomiting.

Warning signs have been put up by environmental health officers on the River Otter at Budleigh Salterton.

BBC News reports tests have shown the children were infected with norovirus.

A council spokesman said: “This has been a particularly difficult summer for maintaining good water quality and the rivers have been flooded several times.

“Flood waters take run-off from fields as well as excess water from the drainage system, and may take some time to clear.”