River Pollution

An open sewer discharging into a local river

Bingley Ward Celia Hickson Craven Ward Ilkley Ward Janet Russell Keighley Parliament Constituency River Pollution Shipley Parliament Constituency Shipley Ward

Yorkshire Water should be apologising for higher bills

/ by bradfordgreens

An apology from Yorkshire Water’s chief executive over sewage discharges is not good enough according to Green Party councillors on Bradford Council who say they should be apologising for charging people for services they failed to deliver Nicola Shaw apologised because Yorkshire Water had “taken too long” to produce a plan to tackle sewage being […]

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Carla Denyer and Ros Brown talking to each other on the banks of the River Whatfe. There are a lot of trees on both sides of the river and a small suspension bridge in the background.

Bradford Council Celia Hickson Craven Ward Ilkley Ward Keighley Parliament Constituency River Pollution

Greens lead call for action to tackle sewage discharges in rivers

/ by bradfordgreens

Bradford Council has agreed to demand that Yorkshire Water and the government do more to tackle sewage discharge into the district's rivers following Green Party proposals. Councillor Celia Hickson called on the Chief Executive of Bradford Council to do more to hold Yorkshire Water to account following data that showed the water company had pumped sewage into the River Aire 4,085 times in 2021 - the highest number of any river in Great Britain.

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Bradford Council Ilkley Ward Keighley Parliament Constituency National River Pollution Ros Brown

Green Party co-leader visits Ilkley

/ by Matt Edwards

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