The dumping of sewage in Devon’s rivers has become a focal point of the crucial Tiverton and Honiton by-election after the Liberal Democrat candidate revealed his youngest son fell ill after going swimming.
Richard Foord, a former army major who lives on the banks of the River Culm outside Tiverton, told The Independent his 12-year-old son and one of his friends recently got sick after swimming in the waterway, where concerns have repeatedly been raised about pollution.
