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Farming Today: Judicial review on pollution, Farmers' views on EU, English wine

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19/11/2015

Judicial review on pollution, Farmers' views on EU, English wine

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, Judicial review on pollution, Farmers' views on EU, English wine

The government's being taken to court over claims it isn't doing enough to protect rivers.

Is the government failing in its duty to protect our rivers from agricultural pollution? Campaigners say it is, and they're embarking on a court case as a result.

Environmental and angling groups are taking the government to court, amid claims it isn't doing enough to protect our rivers. Campaigners say Defra is failing in its duty to protect watercourses from agricultural pollution. A two-day judicial review gets underway today.

For British farmers who depend on subsidies from Brussels and export markets in Europe, the result of the forthcoming referendum on EU membership will be particularly important. Agricultural bodies around the country are already holding events to discuss the pros and cons. Vernon Harwood reports from an EU debate at the Three Counties Showground in Worcestershire.

And as part of Farming Today's week-long look at alcohol production in the British countryside, Sarah Swadling visits a Devon vineyard which has been making wine for more than twenty-five years.

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