Untreated sewage pumped into Windermere for eight days in a row
United Utilities blames heavy rainfall but campaigner Feargal Sharkey says weather was ‘not even close’ to exceptional
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United Utilities blames heavy rainfall but campaigner Feargal Sharkey says weather was ‘not even close’ to exceptional
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