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Toxic silt, Milk update, Abattoir on Skye, Lamma

Environmentalists are celebrating a victory which halts the dumping of poisonous silt off the south Cornish coast. And at last a ray of hope for dairy farmers.

Environmentalists are celebrating a victory which halts the dumping of poisonous silt off the south Cornish coast. For twenty years they have been trying to stop contaminated silt dredged from the naval dockyard at Devonport from smothering environmentally sensitive reefs near the mouth of the river Tamar.

The Isle of Skye could get an abattoir of its own. It would make a big difference to livestock producers on the island, who currently have to drive 150 miles each way to a slaughterhouse near Inverness.

And there may finally be a hint of good news on the horizon for dairy farmers.

Presented by Charlotte Smith and produced by Emma Campbell.

13 minutes

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  • Thu 22 Jan 201505:45

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