Diet tap water

Did you fall for the diet tap water April Fool? Read the real story

We've been inundated with calls and emails following our investigation yesterday into claims by experts at Yorkshire water that they've developed a tap water that can actually help you lose weight.

You may remember Kate went up to Bradford to meet Andrew Kenna who said he lost a stone and a half after drinking the diet water for four months.

Well the idea has proved so popular - Yorkshire Water has received around 10,000 enquiries - they've decided to make it available in bottles!

Thanks to everyone who contacted us. Most of you appreciated the joke but apologies to anyone who we've upset.

Here's how the story ran...
A new housing development in Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire, is the first estate in the country to be supplied with this revolutionary new diet tap water.

Tap water contains zero calories. But diet tap water undergoes a complex treatment process giving it a negative charge that, when consumed by an individual, repels positive fat cells from the body. The result: weight loss.

Yorkshire Water predict a two year time frame before diet tap water is available for all of its 4.5 million customers. The company initially needs to lay 20,000km of new water mains before customers can get the opportunity to connect to the network for a nominal fee.

A Yorkshire Water spokesperson explains: "Those who connect to the network will have a third tap installed to their kitchen sink.

"Customers will also have a meter fitted and will be charged the standard price of 0.006p per litre, the same as normal tap water.

"We are the first water company in the world to consider such a move, but are confident it will prove extremely popular. Customers are now very health conscious with diet versions of fizzy drinks selling millions of bottles each year.

"It is only natural that we follow suit and launch diet tap water, but at a more affordable price for customers."

Success story

Andrew Kenna, a 41-year-old office worker, who moved to Cleckheaton in January, swears by the new diet tap water.

"In the four months I have been trialling the drink I have lost nearly a stone and a half. I used to wear 42-inch waist trousers, but I've had to buy a whole new wardrobe since drinking the stuff.

"What's makes it better than all the other diet drinks is that it's so cheap, and you don't even have to leave home to receive it. You simply have to walk to the kitchen sink and turn on a tap."