Government agency failed to protect major river from chicken waste, court hears
Campaigners have accused a government agency of failing to apply the law and stop excess nutrients from polluting a major river on the first day of a hearing.
Anti-pollution charity River Action took the Environment Agency (EA) to court on Wednesday for a judicial review, claiming it is allowing destructive levels of nutrients from chicken manure to enter the River Wye.
A judicial review is carried out when there is a dispute over whether a public body has acted
