Stream's stench due to 'wrongly connected pipe'

A stream was left "foul" and "stinking" after a sewage pipe at a housing development was "wrongly" connected to a surface water pipe, it has been claimed.

Suspected pollution was reported at Springwell letch in Ellington, Northumberland, in late April, with resident Malcolm Burn describing the body of water as having turned "grey and slimy" and smelling of "effluent".

The Environment Agency (EA) said its officers attended with Northumbrian Water and identified the source, which the water firm believed had been "caused by a misconnection" at a nearby housing development. The discharge has since been stopped.

Ascent Homes, which manages Wayside Point, has been ed for comment.

Mr Burn, 62, said the stench from the water on 25 April was "horrible".

"It's nice to by on a warm day to allow my dog to get a drink, but obviously we're not going to do that anymore," Mr Burn said.

"I'm very angry, it flows directly into the River Lyne. Who's going to put it right? Who's able"A woman who is holding her son in her arms. They are both wearing black and white, she has long dark hair and he has short blonde hair. A building and grass are blurred in the background. " class="sc-d1200759-0 dvfjxj"/>