Conservationists take court action over government failure to protect UK rivers

Conservationists and angling organisations argue Defra and Environment Agency are failing in legal duty to protect rivers and wetlands from agricultural pollution

Conservationists and angling organisations have joined together to challenge "a government failure" to protect some of England's "most precious rivers and wetlands" from agricultural pollution.

The high court on Thursday is hearing a judicial review from the WWF-UK, the Angling Trust and Fish Legal in what they say is a bid to protect rivers, lakes and coastal areas from further damage.