Tetbury CONNECT

SEWAGE INTO OUR RIVERS

Sewage was dumped into our local rivers almost every day last year! As our local SMP speaks out again on this issue, do we all need to ask - what needs to change, to stop water companies from polluting?

STARMER WAS IN SWINDON?

Keir Starmer - when visiting Swindon as opposition leader - said Labour would freeze council tax. It turns out that - now he is PM - he has no plans to freeze it. It sounded good - when his aim was to be PM?

WHERE SEWAGE IS WORST

The gov't has put together figures showing the worst spots for sewage pollution in Wiltshire and Swindon. The water company says rain overwhelmed the sewer network last year. So when's the upgrade due?

SOLAR - GOOD ON ROOFS?

Solar panels in their 1000s have been installed on roofs at an Army garrison. This is great - solar on roofs - not on farmland! The only problem is - the panels may have been produced using slave labour?

WASTE UPCYCLED TO FASHION

6th form students in Stroud have made it to the world final of Junk Kouture - a Sustainable Fashion competition. The students have upcycled an array of waste materials -to create high-end fashion apparel.

POLICE OFFICER FOUND GUILTY

A police officer drove at almost twice the speed limit in pursuit of a car. Strangely, he was found in court to have claimed he wasn't part of a police pursuit - instead, he said he was part of a safety strategy?