E.coli breaks out in the Borders
Health chiefs in the Scottish Borders were last night continuing investigations into two separate E. coli 0157 outbreaks.
In the village of Roberton, seven people are infected in a scare linked to a Burns Supper. In Hawick, two confirmed cases and one unconfirmed have been reported over the weekend in a new outbreak. Borders Health Board said the three people affected bought meat from W&J Hutton in Hawick.
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