East Lancashire residents are fighting to stop raw sewage being discharged into local rivers and brooks. Hyndburn Council will discuss a motion titled during Thursday's full council meeting which pinpoints where sewage is being dumped and calls for greater government action.
Councillors Scott Brerton and Kate Walsh, both from the council's Labour gropu, tabled the motion, expressing concern about the impact of sewage dumping on the local waterways. Their motion cites information provided by the Rivers Trust charity, which reveals in 2022 that there were more than 200 raw sewage in the area.
The report says that sewage was dumped in:
