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Watchdog rules Red Tractor exaggerated its environmental standards

The Advertising Standards Authority agrees with River Action that the food safety body’s 2023 advert misled the public

The Guardian - UK · Oct 15, 2025

At last, a victory for rivers over megafarms: now councils can’t treat toxic waste as someone else’s problem

We won a high court case against Shropshire council’s plans for a new polluting poultry unit. Now a precedent has been set, says River Action founder Charles Watson

The Guardian - UK · Jun 18, 2025

Thousands of blue-clad protesters join London march for clean water

More than 130 organisations take part in protest demanding government action over country’s sewage crisis

The Guardian - UK · Nov 3, 2024

Gold theft trial hears lawyers 'heavily' crafted statement from mining boss Peter Bartlett

Lawyers for a mining executive accused of stealing gold have questioned the involvement of a private lawyer and another company director in crafting a police statement for a well-known WA entrepreneur.

ABC News · Mar 17, 2023

Court told mining executive once transported 120kg of gold bars on back seat of car to his employer's house in Perth

A mining executive transported up to 120 kilograms of unstamped gold bars on the back seat of his car to the Perth house of his employer, the same boss who now alleges he stole gold-bearing ore, the District Court has heard.

ABC News · Mar 13, 2023

Two-thirds of cattle farms in north Devon cause river pollution

Nearly nine in 10 farms inspected failed to comply with regulations, according to a report from the Environment Agency

The Guardian - UK · Oct 25, 2022

Rivers face ‘horror story’ as country heads for drought, say campaigners

River Action has urged the Government to act as low water levels mean more concentrated pollution in Britain’s rivers.

The Independent UK · Aug 9, 2022