Farmer fined £12k for second slurry spill

A farmer in Somerset has been ordered to pay more than £25,000 after pleading guilty to polluting the River Frome.

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Farmer fined £12k for second slurry spill

A farmer in Somerset has been ordered to pay more than 25,000 after pleading guilty to polluting the River Frome. Michael Aylesbury, a director of Cross Keys Farms Ltd, pleaded guilty to causing an...

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