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Herefordshire river will take decades to recover from 'vandalism' (www.bbc.co.uk)
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An ecologist says it will take 20 to 30 years for a stretch of River Lugg in Herefordshire to recover after being damaged by a local farmer.

John Price was jailed in 2023 for illegally removing tonnes of gravel from the riverbed to build a road and horse yard at his home and tearing out 71 trees.

He was ordered to pay £600,000 and to restore the damage he had done.

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[–] 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Interesting you bring up “riverside destruction”, as this is the headline linking to the story from the BBC News front page:

How a farmer caused ‘the worst case of riverside destruction’ in England

What’s that clop-clop sound?

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (1 child)

    I'm glad they changed it. I guess I wasn't the only person to be frustrated.

    The BBC is way, way worse for doing this around other topics, especially Israel's genocide.

    What’s that clop-clop sound?

    Not sure what this is a reference too, maybe I'm too young

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