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

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The government will pledge to “clean up Windermere” and ensure “only rainwater” enters the polluted English beauty spot. Environment secretary Steve Reed and water minister Emma Hardy will ...

Environment Secretary Steve Reed is set to pledge to “clean up Windermere” ahead of a drive to ensure “only rainwater” enters England’s largest lake. Mr Reed will be in Windermere on ...

Sewage was illegally poured into the Lake District's famous Lake Windermere for a record number of days last year, campaigners say, citing new analysis. They looked at official data released by ...

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