Wensleydale cheese factory drainage failure blamed for pollution Residents say they reported the discolouration in Gayle Beck in Hawes to the Environment Agency.

"After recent investigations, we unfortunately discovered a failure in the drainage system at the creamery." Saputo Dairy UK said the issue had been resolved and further works would be carried out to ensure it did not happen again.

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Tipperary cheese maker convicted and fined for slurry pollution of local river system Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has secured a conviction against a dairy production firm for slurry pollution of a County Tipperary river.

The Tipperary Cheese Company Ltd was found to have caused slurry to flow into a tributary of the River Suir, and was ordered to pay fines, costs and expenses of €7,440.

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