Plague of plastic marring Hackney Marshes beauty spot shows why Britain needs a spring clean 

The reality of plastic pollution was horrifically clear when this river overflowed. Trees and bushes along its banks were draped with ragged blue plastic bags. The pollution is tainting a pocket of nature in east London, a haven where kingfishers can be seen darting into the water, bream come to spawn and black poplars, Britain’s … Read more