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Cathy Owen

'One of the worst things I've ever seen': Dad finds his children playing in a Welsh hill stream full of faeces

A dad who discovered dumped faeces in a river where his children had been playing has branded the culprits "disgraceful". Will Millard, who is a writer, broadcaster, and ambassador for ‘Keep Wales Tidy’, was holidaying with family in Powys when they made the grim discovery and described it as "one of the worst things" he has ever seen in a Welsh river.

He believes that the human waste was poured from a bridge on the River Edw at Llanbadarn-y-Garreg, most likely by the owner of a motorhome or camping toilet.

The BAFTA Cymru winning presenter, who explores forgotten, secret and almost inaccessible locations in Wales, was staying with his family at a bunkhouse nearby when his brother-in-law spotted the problem

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