Thousands of dead fish were found after a Cheshire river was polluted, the Environment Agency (EA) has confirmed. The organisation was alerted after white foam was spotted on the water's surface between Macclesfield and Prestbury.
As reported earlier this week by Cheshire Live, an investigation was launched and the EA were at the scene on Monday (February 27). Officers, fisheries and ecology specialists have since been trying to determine the source of the pollution.
In an update issued on social media today (Wednesday), the EA said more than 100 dead brown trout were removed from the river and 'thousands more smaller dead fish' were identified.
