Compensation is to be paid to a family who sustained agonising burns after swimming in a hotel pool while on holiday.

Susan Austin and her partner Lee Sanders from Essex were among 33 Britons who suffered a reaction to chemicals in the pool at the Mitsis Roda Beach Hotel in Corfu, the Essex Echo reports.

They were left in so much pain that they could not put their clothes on over the broken skin. However, the hotel staff continued to put chemicals in the pool on a daily basis, even though many guests had already sustained burns.

After the holiday, 42 travellers took legal action against Thomas Cook for the pain they were caused.

They have now won their claim and are to receive an undisclosed sum in compensation from the tour operator.

Last month, the Daily Mail reported that £52,000 had been awarded to a child who suffered an electric shock in a hotel shower while on holiday in Kenya.