Could Tony Vaughan MP Take Southern Water to Court Over Sewage?
Joining a briefing is easy. Holding a placard is easy. Posting angry words on social media is easy. The harder test is whether Folkestone and Hythe’s MP is prepared to do [...]
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Kent Councils’ Environmental Health Powers on Sewage: Who to Contact and What They Can Do
Yesterday, we looked at What Powers Does Kent’s Director of Public Health Have Over Sewage Pollution. Today, in the final part of this public health series, we turn to the [...]
Kent E. coli Cases, Sewage and the Public Health Risk
Professor Chris Whitty Chief Medical Officer for England – pictured – warned that sewage in rivers and seas is a public health problem, not merely an [...]
Hamstreet Sewage Scandal: Why FHDC Failed to Act While Ashford Investigated
Residents raised a serious complaint about suspected foul contamination moving from Hamstreet towards Hythe and the sea. One council replied with site visits, [...]
East Kent Sewage Pollution: Southern Water, Five Councils and the Statutory Nuisance Law
We’re The Shepway Vox Team, and over the past few weeks we’ve watched the same pattern play out again and again. Residents complain that sewage-contaminated discharges [...]