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Очарование маленькой деревни: Хоксхед удивит даже искушённых путешественников
6:20 Маленькая деревня Хоксхед в Камбрии (Озёрный край) с населением всего около 500 человек неожиданно превратилась в одну из самых уютных рождественских точек на карте Британии. Фото: freepik.com by gpointstudio is licensed under Free More info На рождественской ярмарке Здесь встречаются сразу три вещи, за которые люди готовы ехать через полстраны: литературное наследие, атмосферная архитектура...
Water company 'should be prosecuted' for Lake Windermere sewage spills
Sewage was illegally poured into the Lake District's famous Lake Windermere for a record number of days last year, campaigners say, citing new analysis. They looked at official data released by United Utilities to identify times the water company had released untreated sewage into England's longest lake, when legally it should have been treating some of it. The Save Windermere and Windrush Against...
UK government vows to clean up Lake Windermere after beauty spot clogged with sewage
LONDON -- The U.K. government pledged Monday to clean up Lake Windermere, a sewage-clogged beauty spot that has come to symbolize the filthy state of Britain’s waterways. Environment Secretary Steve Reed said the aim was to stop all sewage discharges into England’s largest lake. The lake, flanked by steep-sided hills, is part of the Lake District National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site in nort...
Protect Windermere from sewage, campaigners urge UK party leaders
The next government must give Windermere greater protection from sewage pollution, campaigners including the naturalist Chris Packham and the comedian Paul Whitehouse have urged in an open letter to all party leaders. The campaign group Save Windermere, which organised the letter, says the lake has huge ecological significance, is home to rare and protected species and brings in about £750m to the...
Up to 70 days of suspected illegal dumps of sewage in Windermere in 2022, analysis finds
Suspected illegal dumping of raw sewage into Windermere took place on up to 70 days in 2022, a year in which campaigners said the lake had its worst summer of harmful algal blooms, according to analysis of data released under environmental information rules. Prof Peter Hammond, whose research first identified the scale of illegal raw sewage discharges from English water companies, has analysed det...
Дайвер нашел помолвочное кольцо на дне самого большого озера Британии
Дайвера пригласили на свадьбу после того, как он нашел на дне самого большого озера Великобритании помолвочное кольцо. Невеста Ребекки Чаукрия потеряла украшение 24 мая во время фотосессии с женихом, сообщили в издании UPI. Отмечается, что девушка и ее возлюбленный Вики Патель стояли на пристани у озера Уиндермир, когда кольцо соскочило с пальцаи упало в воду. По словам девушки, вода была "ледяной...