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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Adam Dutton & Sam Elliott-Gibbs

England's 'most contaminated site' sees villagers complain of illness amid development

Residents living near a site dubbed “the most contaminated in England” claim building work has left them suffering with stroke-like symptoms.

Plans to build 630 new homes on former toxic dump sites in Somercotes, Derbyshire, have been approved despite fierce opposition.

The development lies on the site of a former quarry and coal mine which was turned into a dump to bury industrial waste in the 1960s and 70s.

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