Pollution costs York farmer £10,000

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• Environment Agency

North Yorkshire farmer Ian Armitage has been fined £7,000 plus costs by York Magistrates after pleading guilty to allowing manure-contaminated water to pollute a three kilometre stretch of the River Holbeck at Stonegrave.

The charge related to long term pollution of the Holbeck and one of its tributaries between February 2 and April 5, 2006, which Environment Agency officers traced back to Birch Farm at Stonegrave. However, a similar  incident was recorded in February 2007 while t... (285 more words)

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