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Watchdog rules Red Tractor exaggerated its environmental standards

The Advertising Standards Authority agrees with River Action that the food safety body’s 2023 advert misled the public

The Guardian - UK

At last, a victory for rivers over megafarms: now councils can’t treat toxic waste as someone else’s problem

We won a high court case against Shropshire council’s plans for a new polluting poultry unit. Now a precedent has been set, says River Action founder Charles Watson

The Guardian - UK

Thousands of blue-clad protesters join London march for clean water

More than 130 organisations take part in protest demanding government action over country’s sewage crisis

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Chicken industry must halt expansion to stop ‘environmental scandal’ in River Severn

Campaigners warn of same ‘tragic events’ as in River Wye if planners ignore pollution risks of intensive production

The Guardian - UK

Bather, beware: British beaches and rivers have a sewage problem. It has seeped into election talk

Britain has become notorious as a place where a casual swim could lead to an extended visit to the toilet, if not the hospital

The Independent UK

"Someone is going to die" - shocking warning about river pollution as wild swimming season starts

Lawmakers and campaigners say fatalities are next after an outbreak of dangerous water-borne disease

Advnture

Environment Agency failed to protect River Wye from chicken waste, court hears

Campaigners argue in legal challenge that loophole has allowed poultry farmers to pollute river

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Gold theft trial hears lawyers 'heavily' crafted statement from mining boss Peter Bartlett

Lawyers for a mining executive accused of stealing gold have questioned the involvement of a private lawyer and another company director in crafting a police statement for a well-known WA entrepreneur.

ABC News

Court told mining executive once transported 120kg of gold bars on back seat of car to his employer's house in Perth

A mining executive transported up to 120 kilograms of unstamped gold bars on the back seat of his car to the Perth house of his employer, the same boss who now alleges he stole gold-bearing ore, the District Court has heard.

ABC News

Two-thirds of cattle farms in north Devon cause river pollution

Nearly nine in 10 farms inspected failed to comply with regulations, according to a report from the Environment Agency

The Guardian - UK

Rivers face ‘horror story’ as country heads for drought, say campaigners

River Action has urged the Government to act as low water levels mean more concentrated pollution in Britain’s rivers.

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