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Weston's Tory MP votes against law to criminalise water companies for sewage spills
- Liberal Democrat amendment in Parliament would have seen water companies in court for worst sewage offences - Environment Agency backs calls for water company bosses to face criminal action - Conservative MPs vote down “justice for swimmers, wildlife

67% of burglaries still going unattended in Weston-super-Mare Area
67% of burglaries in the Avon and Somerset Police area went unattended by last year, despite a government promise to attend all of them, an investigation by the Liberal Democrats has revealed.
Sewage dumping in Weston-super-Mare soars by 434% as Conservatives warned of “reckoning at ballot box”
Sewage was dumped into rivers/coastlines in Weston-super-Mare for 6,523 hours in 2023, new figures have revealed.

186% increase in hours of sewage dumped by Wessex Water last year
New figures released by the Environment Agency have shown that Wessex Water that covers Weston-super-Mare discharged sewage into our waterways for a staggering 372,341 hours last year, a 186% on 2022.
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