The campaigners from Windrush Against Sewage Pollution (WASP) and Save Windermere identified 140 illegal spill days in 2024, ...

Environment Secretary Steve Reed has pledged to work towards ensuring that "only rainwater" enters England's largest lake. Speaking on a visit to Windermere, Reed said the government would work with ...

Sewage was illegally poured into the Lake District's famous Lake Windermere for a record number of days last year, ...

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Lake Windermere is being “choked” by sewage, Environment Secretary Steve Reed has admitted as he set the ambition of stopping ...

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The U.K. government is pledging to clean up Lake Windermere, a sewage-clogged beauty spot that has come to symbolize the filthy state of Britain’s waterways.

Chapel Stile, often bypassed by travellers drawn to well-trodden destinations like Windermere or Keswick, is championed by ...

Sewage spilled illegally into England's largest lake on a record number of days last year, an analysis of water company data by campaigners suggests. The analysis, which the BBC had exclusive ...

Windermere attracts seven million visitors a year but campaigners say it is treated like an "open sewer" Environment Secretary Steve Reed has pledged to work towards ensuring that "only rainwater ...

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