Legionnaires scare shuts resort

Part of a Scottish leisure resort was closed after the bacteria which causes the potentially deadly Legionnaires' disease was found on the site.



An investigation was launched after a 60-year-old man, who had recently visited Piperdam resort near Dundee in Angus, died of the disease on Friday at a hospital in England.



Health officials have now found Legionella bacteria in a shower head and a hot tub at one of the lodges in the resort.



The owners of Piperdam have voluntarily closed the... (19 more words)

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