The Latest Breaking News from Wye

Nearly 4,000 people seeking mandated clean-up order against firms accused of causing ‘degradation’ to river

Environmental group seeks damages from Welsh Water and two chicken producers, alleging responsibility for pollution in Wye, Lugg and Usk

Once voted the UK’s favourite river, the River Wye flows from the Welsh mountains to the Severn estuary – 150 miles through an officially recognised “national landscape”. But this idyllic picture is changing, as the river is gradually choked by waste from industrial chicken farming.

The river’s water quality and wildlife has drastically declined after years of pollution from sewage discharges and industrial chicken farming.