{"id":338299,"date":"2026-04-27T15:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T14:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/uks-biggest-ever-pollution-case-reaches-high-court-in-london\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T15:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T14:00:08","slug":"uks-biggest-ever-pollution-case-reaches-high-court-in-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/uks-biggest-ever-pollution-case-reaches-high-court-in-london\/","title":{"rendered":"UK&#8217;s biggest ever pollution case reaches High Court in London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/nI5rwZAWmyw\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"UK's biggest ever pollution case reaches High Court in London\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nI5rwZAWmyw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>What is being billed as the UK&#8217;s biggest ever pollution case is being brought at the High Court in London by more than 4,500 people living or working along the River Wye.<\/p>\n<p>The case against chicken producers Avara Foods, Freemans of Newent Limited and Welsh Water is based on claims also involving the Lugg and Usk rivers that involve accusations that chicken manure and sewage polluted the waterways and turned them green and slimy. 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