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Farmer Must Pay Thousands After Stream Polluted at Farm

COMBE FLOREY, SOMERSET, ENGLAND, JUN 23 – David Mitchell was fined £9,078 after soil runoff from his unharvested potato field caused sediment pollution that closed the A358 road twice in 2022, Environment Agency said.

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A HEREFORDSHIRE farmer has been ordered to pay thousands after polluting a brook with soil and silt.

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Farmer must pay thousands after stream polluted at farm

A HEREFORDSHIRE farmer has been ordered to pay thousands after polluting a brook with soil and silt.

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Farm shop owners fined after pollution closes A358 twice in 2022

David Mitchell, owner of Rumwell Farm Shop in Taunton, has been fined after soil from his potato field ended up on the A358 and closed the road…

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somersetcountygazette.co.uk broke the news in Somerset, United Kingdom on Monday, June 23, 2025.
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