Biggest-ever UK environmental lawsuit targets 'extensive and widespread' river pollution

Stuart Stone
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The River Wye - Credit: iStock
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The River Wye - Credit: iStock

Almost 4,000 people join legal claim against Welsh Water and poultry firms Avara Foods and Freemans of Newent over river pollution in the Wye catchment

Close to 4,000 people have joined what's being described the UK's biggest-ever environmental lawsuit, which has this week been filed in the High Court against two poultry producers and a water company...

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