Farmer fined £20,000 after slurry found running down road

Somerset grower blames weather app claiming heavy rain was not predicted

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A Somerset farmer has blamed a weather app after heavy rain caused slurry to run off
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A Somerset farmer has blamed a weather app after heavy rain caused slurry to run off

A farmer from Somerset blamed a weather app after heavy rain caused slurry to run into surrounding ditches and road drains. Ben Hembrow from Stoke St Gregory was fined more than £20,000 after admitting...

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