Battle to save historic UK river

Stirling checking the quality of the water collected from the River Wye in Hay-on-Wye, South Wales. — AFP

ON the banks of the River Wye on the border between England and Wales, Pat Stirling flings a plastic measuring jug tied to a rope into the water.

Up and down the river, a team of 250 others have been doing the same, hoping to save it from an unfolding ecological crisis.