Thames Water hit by record £20m pollution fine

James Murray
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Judge rules company guilty of 'wholly unacceptable' pollution that saw 1.5 billion litres of untreated sewage released into the River Thames

Thames Water has been fined a record £19.75m over massive and prolonged leaks of raw sewage into the River Thames and its tributaries. In a damning verdict at Aylesbury Crown Court Judge Francis Sheridan...

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