Campaigners have said there will be no slowing down in the fight against raw sewage in their river after hundreds turned out to a lively meeting.
Salopians turned out in their droves for the Shrewsbury Town Council meeting about river pollution at Theatre Severn onClaire Kirby, from campaign group Up Sewage Creek, was encouraged by the attendance and the contributions made - particularly by Ash Smith and Professor Becky Malby.
"This is a serious public health issue," he added, and he said that Severn Trent are"marking their own homework" when it comes to the Environment Agency's"reasons for not achieving good status" with regard to the health of the river. She detailed how they ran their campaign and encouraged people in Shrewsbury to proceed with clarity to get things done.
"I had a comment from an angler who took his little boy fishing for the first time at Kingsland Bridge. The little boy caught a sanitary product, and was asking his dad, what are these?
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