Companies fined nearly £1m for polluting trout spawning ground

The negligence of United Utilities and one of its contractors led to a toxic solution entering a brook and killing virtually all aquatic life within a 1.7km stretch

by Rachel Salvidge
Dead fish in Bradshaw Brook. Photograph: Environment Agency
Dead fish in Bradshaw Brook. Photograph: Environment Agency

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