Author Archives: Ian

And behold, Liv Garfield performs a miracle. Perhaps she has solved drought in Africa forever more. Here’s a reminder of their 2020 performance, and the  “64 years worth of raw sewage dumped into rivers and streams by Severn Trent”  I … Continue reading →

We appear to be in the grip of a catastrophic scenario in the UK for geese and swans, apparently caused by “avian flu”. Thousands have died and continue to die due to unexplained circumstances, unexplained because smaller birds who share … Continue reading →

  Much has been written in the last couple of weeks about sewage and the failure of water companies to prevent it from entering watercourses, whilst politicians fail to act to prevent them from doing this. I will give my … Continue reading →

It has been over two years now since the ghastly horror show caused by private water company Severn Trent PLC at Smethwick Hall park, where raw sewage resulted in the deaths of dozens of birds. This pollution as it transpired … Continue reading →

This is another post exposing pollution in our area caused by the water industry and by the failure of The Environment Agency to keep them in check through inadequate regulation. Previously, I reported on how The Rivers Trust had exposed … Continue reading →

In the last post, I discussed how the regions worst environmental polluter, private failing water company Severn Trent had dumped 64 years worth of raw sewage dumped into rivers and streams. The Rivers Trust had uncovered much about the industry … Continue reading →

It appears of late that some journalists have woken up to the dismal failures of the privatised water industry and are actually reporting investigative truth on the matter, as they rightly should. Recent examples include an ITV Central piece “64 … Continue reading →

Despite the many concerns about desilting part of the raw sewage contaminated pool at Smethwick Hall park, Sandwell council decided to press on regardless after being blanked by polluter Severn Trent Water and their “community fund.” I was in favour … Continue reading →

Ever since this blog and campaign started 7 years ago, the subject of the “lawful” release of Canada Geese was at the heart of the issue, and how parks officers in Sandwell had lied about their murder. They were only … Continue reading →

The longstanding saga of this heavily raw sewage polluted pool and its incompetent management took a new twist last month which appears to throw a spanner in the works for Sandwell council’s theoretically  planned “remediation.” For newcomers to this story, … Continue reading →