26-06-2024 19:09 via theguardian.com

River Wye needs ‘protection zone’, say Greens and Fearnley-Whittingstall

North Herefordshire candidate and chef also call for water industry overhaul and more support for farmersThe Green party and the celebrity chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall are calling for a “protection zone” to be placed around one of the UK’s most beautiful but threatened rivers and have demanded “drastic” nationwide changes to the water industry’s management and regulation.At a wild-swimming event on the River Wye on Wednesday, Fearnley-Whittingstall and the
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