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WarWilding: a new word to describe the startling effects of using nature as a weapon.
From defensive flooding to buffer zones, using the natural world in conflict is as old as war itself - now academics have given it a name.
During the early days of the Russia-Ukraine war, the invading force was approaching the Irpin River and the gates of the Ukrainian capital. But the river waters suddenly rose, forcing the Russians to turn back and leaving a trail of abandoned tanks and military hardware. Kyiv breathed again and a wetland ecosystem was reflooded for the first time in more than 70 years.
The Ukrainian army reflooded the dying Irpin River and its former wetlands to save the Ukrainian capital.
"That's warWilding," says Jasper Humphreys, director of programmes for the Marjan Study Group in the department of war studies at King’s College London, which researches conflict and the environment.
A European Green Toad is seen near a pool beside the Irpin.
The Ukrainian army’s flooding of the river Irpin at the start of Russian invasion of Ukraine has created the ideal conditions for a successful warWilding legacy.
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Drought, pollution, floods: Avon in Devon tells story of UK rivers in distress
A journey down the waterway in an area of outstanding natural beauty highlights troubles facing UK rivers.
The river Avon rises from a boggy wilderness. It rushes over granite slabs and waterfalls down rocks, pooling alongside small oaks amid the coconut tang of yellow gorse, before picking up pace once more.
Twenty-three miles downstream its brackish flow swooshes at pace into a steep-sided estuary where paddleboarders ride the tidal motion and surfers run into the swell of Bigbury Bay.
On its journey from the highest reaches of south Dartmoor in Devon, the River Avon plays host to egrets and herons, entertains anglers seeking brown trout and salmon, offers open water for swimmers and lays out its banks for paddling children and picnicking hikers.
Over the last few years the UK's rivers have been gripped by a deepening crisis, with a chemical cocktail of sewage, agricultural waste and other pollution suffocating biodiversity and risking public health.
The Avon fails water quality tests that measure how close it is to its natural state. It suffers from pollution, high phosphate levels, low flows, high temperatures, flash floods, drought and obstructions to its natural movement.
Children enjoy a swim at Bantham Estuary of River Avon Dartmoor and South Hams, Devon
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Drought, pollution, floods: Avon in Devon tells story of UK rivers in distress
A journey down the waterway in an area of outstanding natural beauty highlights troubles facing UK rivers.
The river Avon rises from a boggy wilderness. It rushes over granite slabs and waterfalls down rocks, pooling alongside small oaks amid the coconut tang of yellow gorse, before picking up pace once more.
Twenty-three miles downstream its brackish flow swooshes at pace into a steep-sided estuary where paddleboarders ride the tidal motion and surfers run into the swell of Bigbury Bay.
On its journey from the highest reaches of south Dartmoor in Devon, the River Avon plays host to egrets and herons, entertains anglers seeking brown trout and salmon, offers open water for swimmers and lays out its banks for paddling children and picnicking hikers.
Over the last few years the UK's rivers have been gripped by a deepening crisis, with a chemical cocktail of sewage, agricultural waste and other pollution suffocating biodiversity and risking public health.
The Avon fails water quality tests that measure how close it is to its natural state. It suffers from pollution, high phosphate levels, low flows, high temperatures, flash floods, drought and obstructions to its natural movement.
Children enjoy a swim at Bantham Estuary of River Avon Dartmoor and South Hams, Devon
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Drought, pollution, floods: Avon in Devon tells story of UK rivers in distress
A journey down the waterway in an area of outstanding natural beauty highlights troubles facing UK rivers.
The river Avon rises from a boggy wilderness. It rushes over granite slabs and waterfalls down rocks, pooling alongside small oaks amid the coconut tang of yellow gorse, before picking up pace once more.
Twenty-three miles downstream its brackish flow swooshes at pace into a steep-sided estuary where paddleboarders ride the tidal motion and surfers run into the swell of Bigbury Bay.
On its journey from the highest reaches of south Dartmoor in Devon, the River Avon plays host to egrets and herons, entertains anglers seeking brown trout and salmon, offers open water for swimmers and lays out its banks for paddling children and picnicking hikers.
Over the last few years the UK's rivers have been gripped by a deepening crisis, with a chemical cocktail of sewage, agricultural waste and other pollution suffocating biodiversity and risking public health.
The Avon fails water quality tests that measure how close it is to its natural state. It suffers from pollution, high phosphate levels, low flows, high temperatures, flash floods, drought and obstructions to its natural movement.
Sewage River Avon, Dartmoor and South Hams, Devon
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Drought, pollution, floods: Avon in Devon tells story of UK rivers in distress
A journey down the waterway in an area of outstanding natural beauty highlights troubles facing UK rivers.
The river Avon rises from a boggy wilderness. It rushes over granite slabs and waterfalls down rocks, pooling alongside small oaks amid the coconut tang of yellow gorse, before picking up pace once more.
Twenty-three miles downstream its brackish flow swooshes at pace into a steep-sided estuary where paddleboarders ride the tidal motion and surfers run into the swell of Bigbury Bay.
On its journey from the highest reaches of south Dartmoor in Devon, the River Avon plays host to egrets and herons, entertains anglers seeking brown trout and salmon, offers open water for swimmers and lays out its banks for paddling children and picnicking hikers.
Over the last few years the UK's rivers have been gripped by a deepening crisis, with a chemical cocktail of sewage, agricultural waste and other pollution suffocating biodiversity and risking public health.
The Avon fails water quality tests that measure how close it is to its natural state. It suffers from pollution, high phosphate levels, low flows, high temperatures, flash floods, drought and obstructions to its natural movement.
Bantham.
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Drought, pollution, floods: Avon in Devon tells story of UK rivers in distress
A journey down the waterway in an area of outstanding natural beauty highlights troubles facing UK rivers.
The river Avon rises from a boggy wilderness. It rushes over granite slabs and waterfalls down rocks, pooling alongside small oaks amid the coconut tang of yellow gorse, before picking up pace once more.
Twenty-three miles downstream its brackish flow swooshes at pace into a steep-sided estuary where paddleboarders ride the tidal motion and surfers run into the swell of Bigbury Bay.
On its journey from the highest reaches of south Dartmoor in Devon, the River Avon plays host to egrets and herons, entertains anglers seeking brown trout and salmon, offers open water for swimmers and lays out its banks for paddling children and picnicking hikers.
Over the last few years the UK's rivers have been gripped by a deepening crisis, with a chemical cocktail of sewage, agricultural waste and other pollution suffocating biodiversity and risking public health.
The Avon fails water quality tests that measure how close it is to its natural state. It suffers from pollution, high phosphate levels, low flows, high temperatures, flash floods, drought and obstructions to its natural movement.
Sewage River Avon, Dartmoor and South Hams, Devon
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Drought, pollution, floods: Avon in Devon tells story of UK rivers in distress
A journey down the waterway in an area of outstanding natural beauty highlights troubles facing UK rivers.
The river Avon rises from a boggy wilderness. It rushes over granite slabs and waterfalls down rocks, pooling alongside small oaks amid the coconut tang of yellow gorse, before picking up pace once more.
Twenty-three miles downstream its brackish flow swooshes at pace into a steep-sided estuary where paddleboarders ride the tidal motion and surfers run into the swell of Bigbury Bay.
On its journey from the highest reaches of south Dartmoor in Devon, the River Avon plays host to egrets and herons, entertains anglers seeking brown trout and salmon, offers open water for swimmers and lays out its banks for paddling children and picnicking hikers.
Over the last few years the UK's rivers have been gripped by a deepening crisis, with a chemical cocktail of sewage, agricultural waste and other pollution suffocating biodiversity and risking public health.
The Avon fails water quality tests that measure how close it is to its natural state. It suffers from pollution, high phosphate levels, low flows, high temperatures, flash floods, drought and obstructions to its natural movement.
Avon River and Dam/ Reservoir.
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Drought, pollution, floods: Avon in Devon tells story of UK rivers in distress
A journey down the waterway in an area of outstanding natural beauty highlights troubles facing UK rivers.
The river Avon rises from a boggy wilderness. It rushes over granite slabs and waterfalls down rocks, pooling alongside small oaks amid the coconut tang of yellow gorse, before picking up pace once more.
Twenty-three miles downstream its brackish flow swooshes at pace into a steep-sided estuary where paddleboarders ride the tidal motion and surfers run into the swell of Bigbury Bay.
On its journey from the highest reaches of south Dartmoor in Devon, the River Avon plays host to egrets and herons, entertains anglers seeking brown trout and salmon, offers open water for swimmers and lays out its banks for paddling children and picnicking hikers.
Over the last few years the UK's rivers have been gripped by a deepening crisis, with a chemical cocktail of sewage, agricultural waste and other pollution suffocating biodiversity and risking public health.
The Avon fails water quality tests that measure how close it is to its natural state. It suffers from pollution, high phosphate levels, low flows, high temperatures, flash floods, drought and obstructions to its natural movement.
Avon River and Dam/ Reservoir.
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Drought, pollution, floods: Avon in Devon tells story of UK rivers in distress
A journey down the waterway in an area of outstanding natural beauty highlights troubles facing UK rivers.
The river Avon rises from a boggy wilderness. It rushes over granite slabs and waterfalls down rocks, pooling alongside small oaks amid the coconut tang of yellow gorse, before picking up pace once more.
Twenty-three miles downstream its brackish flow swooshes at pace into a steep-sided estuary where paddleboarders ride the tidal motion and surfers run into the swell of Bigbury Bay.
On its journey from the highest reaches of south Dartmoor in Devon, the River Avon plays host to egrets and herons, entertains anglers seeking brown trout and salmon, offers open water for swimmers and lays out its banks for paddling children and picnicking hikers.
Over the last few years the UK's rivers have been gripped by a deepening crisis, with a chemical cocktail of sewage, agricultural waste and other pollution suffocating biodiversity and risking public health.
The Avon fails water quality tests that measure how close it is to its natural state. It suffers from pollution, high phosphate levels, low flows, high temperatures, flash floods, drought and obstructions to its natural movement.
Avon River and Dam/ Reservoir.
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Drought, pollution, floods: Avon in Devon tells story of UK rivers in distress
A journey down the waterway in an area of outstanding natural beauty highlights troubles facing UK rivers.
The river Avon rises from a boggy wilderness. It rushes over granite slabs and waterfalls down rocks, pooling alongside small oaks amid the coconut tang of yellow gorse, before picking up pace once more.
Twenty-three miles downstream its brackish flow swooshes at pace into a steep-sided estuary where paddleboarders ride the tidal motion and surfers run into the swell of Bigbury Bay.
On its journey from the highest reaches of south Dartmoor in Devon, the River Avon plays host to egrets and herons, entertains anglers seeking brown trout and salmon, offers open water for swimmers and lays out its banks for paddling children and picnicking hikers.
Over the last few years the UK's rivers have been gripped by a deepening crisis, with a chemical cocktail of sewage, agricultural waste and other pollution suffocating biodiversity and risking public health.
The Avon fails water quality tests that measure how close it is to its natural state. It suffers from pollution, high phosphate levels, low flows, high temperatures, flash floods, drought and obstructions to its natural movement.
Avon River and Dam/ Reservoir.
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Drought, pollution, floods: Avon in Devon tells story of UK rivers in distress
A journey down the waterway in an area of outstanding natural beauty highlights troubles facing UK rivers.
The river Avon rises from a boggy wilderness. It rushes over granite slabs and waterfalls down rocks, pooling alongside small oaks amid the coconut tang of yellow gorse, before picking up pace once more.
Twenty-three miles downstream its brackish flow swooshes at pace into a steep-sided estuary where paddleboarders ride the tidal motion and surfers run into the swell of Bigbury Bay.
On its journey from the highest reaches of south Dartmoor in Devon, the River Avon plays host to egrets and herons, entertains anglers seeking brown trout and salmon, offers open water for swimmers and lays out its banks for paddling children and picnicking hikers.
Over the last few years the UK's rivers have been gripped by a deepening crisis, with a chemical cocktail of sewage, agricultural waste and other pollution suffocating biodiversity and risking public health.
The Avon fails water quality tests that measure how close it is to its natural state. It suffers from pollution, high phosphate levels, low flows, high temperatures, flash floods, drought and obstructions to its natural movement.
Walking up to Dam and Reservoir on Dartmoor.
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Drought, pollution, floods: Avon in Devon tells story of UK rivers in distress
A journey down the waterway in an area of outstanding natural beauty highlights troubles facing UK rivers.
The river Avon rises from a boggy wilderness. It rushes over granite slabs and waterfalls down rocks, pooling alongside small oaks amid the coconut tang of yellow gorse, before picking up pace once more.
Twenty-three miles downstream its brackish flow swooshes at pace into a steep-sided estuary where paddleboarders ride the tidal motion and surfers run into the swell of Bigbury Bay.
On its journey from the highest reaches of south Dartmoor in Devon, the River Avon plays host to egrets and herons, entertains anglers seeking brown trout and salmon, offers open water for swimmers and lays out its banks for paddling children and picnicking hikers.
Over the last few years the UK's rivers have been gripped by a deepening crisis, with a chemical cocktail of sewage, agricultural waste and other pollution suffocating biodiversity and risking public health.
The Avon fails water quality tests that measure how close it is to its natural state. It suffers from pollution, high phosphate levels, low flows, high temperatures, flash floods, drought and obstructions to its natural movement.
Walking up to Dam and Reservoir on Dartmoor.
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Drought, pollution, floods: Avon in Devon tells story of UK rivers in distress
A journey down the waterway in an area of outstanding natural beauty highlights troubles facing UK rivers.
The river Avon rises from a boggy wilderness. It rushes over granite slabs and waterfalls down rocks, pooling alongside small oaks amid the coconut tang of yellow gorse, before picking up pace once more.
Twenty-three miles downstream its brackish flow swooshes at pace into a steep-sided estuary where paddleboarders ride the tidal motion and surfers run into the swell of Bigbury Bay.
On its journey from the highest reaches of south Dartmoor in Devon, the River Avon plays host to egrets and herons, entertains anglers seeking brown trout and salmon, offers open water for swimmers and lays out its banks for paddling children and picnicking hikers.
Over the last few years the UK's rivers have been gripped by a deepening crisis, with a chemical cocktail of sewage, agricultural waste and other pollution suffocating biodiversity and risking public health.
The Avon fails water quality tests that measure how close it is to its natural state. It suffers from pollution, high phosphate levels, low flows, high temperatures, flash floods, drought and obstructions to its natural movement.
Avon River and Dam/ Reservoir.
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Drought, pollution, floods: Avon in Devon tells story of UK rivers in distress
A journey down the waterway in an area of outstanding natural beauty highlights troubles facing UK rivers.
The river Avon rises from a boggy wilderness. It rushes over granite slabs and waterfalls down rocks, pooling alongside small oaks amid the coconut tang of yellow gorse, before picking up pace once more.
Twenty-three miles downstream its brackish flow swooshes at pace into a steep-sided estuary where paddleboarders ride the tidal motion and surfers run into the swell of Bigbury Bay.
On its journey from the highest reaches of south Dartmoor in Devon, the River Avon plays host to egrets and herons, entertains anglers seeking brown trout and salmon, offers open water for swimmers and lays out its banks for paddling children and picnicking hikers.
Over the last few years the UK's rivers have been gripped by a deepening crisis, with a chemical cocktail of sewage, agricultural waste and other pollution suffocating biodiversity and risking public health.
The Avon fails water quality tests that measure how close it is to its natural state. It suffers from pollution, high phosphate levels, low flows, high temperatures, flash floods, drought and obstructions to its natural movement.
Avon River and Dam/ Reservoir.
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Drought, pollution, floods: Avon in Devon tells story of UK rivers in distress
A journey down the waterway in an area of outstanding natural beauty highlights troubles facing UK rivers.
The river Avon rises from a boggy wilderness. It rushes over granite slabs and waterfalls down rocks, pooling alongside small oaks amid the coconut tang of yellow gorse, before picking up pace once more.
Twenty-three miles downstream its brackish flow swooshes at pace into a steep-sided estuary where paddleboarders ride the tidal motion and surfers run into the swell of Bigbury Bay.
On its journey from the highest reaches of south Dartmoor in Devon, the River Avon plays host to egrets and herons, entertains anglers seeking brown trout and salmon, offers open water for swimmers and lays out its banks for paddling children and picnicking hikers.
Over the last few years the UK's rivers have been gripped by a deepening crisis, with a chemical cocktail of sewage, agricultural waste and other pollution suffocating biodiversity and risking public health.
The Avon fails water quality tests that measure how close it is to its natural state. It suffers from pollution, high phosphate levels, low flows, high temperatures, flash floods, drought and obstructions to its natural movement.
Close to the Source of the River Avon , Ryder's Hill.
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Drought, pollution, floods: Avon in Devon tells story of UK rivers in distress
A journey down the waterway in an area of outstanding natural beauty highlights troubles facing UK rivers.
The river Avon rises from a boggy wilderness. It rushes over granite slabs and waterfalls down rocks, pooling alongside small oaks amid the coconut tang of yellow gorse, before picking up pace once more.
Twenty-three miles downstream its brackish flow swooshes at pace into a steep-sided estuary where paddleboarders ride the tidal motion and surfers run into the swell of Bigbury Bay.
On its journey from the highest reaches of south Dartmoor in Devon, the River Avon plays host to egrets and herons, entertains anglers seeking brown trout and salmon, offers open water for swimmers and lays out its banks for paddling children and picnicking hikers.
Over the last few years the UK's rivers have been gripped by a deepening crisis, with a chemical cocktail of sewage, agricultural waste and other pollution suffocating biodiversity and risking public health.
The Avon fails water quality tests that measure how close it is to its natural state. It suffers from pollution, high phosphate levels, low flows, high temperatures, flash floods, drought and obstructions to its natural movement.
Aveton Gifford.
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Drought, pollution, floods: Avon in Devon tells story of UK rivers in distress
A journey down the waterway in an area of outstanding natural beauty highlights troubles facing UK rivers.
The river Avon rises from a boggy wilderness. It rushes over granite slabs and waterfalls down rocks, pooling alongside small oaks amid the coconut tang of yellow gorse, before picking up pace once more.
Twenty-three miles downstream its brackish flow swooshes at pace into a steep-sided estuary where paddleboarders ride the tidal motion and surfers run into the swell of Bigbury Bay.
On its journey from the highest reaches of south Dartmoor in Devon, the River Avon plays host to egrets and herons, entertains anglers seeking brown trout and salmon, offers open water for swimmers and lays out its banks for paddling children and picnicking hikers.
Over the last few years the UK's rivers have been gripped by a deepening crisis, with a chemical cocktail of sewage, agricultural waste and other pollution suffocating biodiversity and risking public health.
The Avon fails water quality tests that measure how close it is to its natural state. It suffers from pollution, high phosphate levels, low flows, high temperatures, flash floods, drought and obstructions to its natural movement.
Aveton Gifford.
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Drought, pollution, floods: Avon in Devon tells story of UK rivers in distress
A journey down the waterway in an area of outstanding natural beauty highlights troubles facing UK rivers.
The river Avon rises from a boggy wilderness. It rushes over granite slabs and waterfalls down rocks, pooling alongside small oaks amid the coconut tang of yellow gorse, before picking up pace once more.
Twenty-three miles downstream its brackish flow swooshes at pace into a steep-sided estuary where paddleboarders ride the tidal motion and surfers run into the swell of Bigbury Bay.
On its journey from the highest reaches of south Dartmoor in Devon, the River Avon plays host to egrets and herons, entertains anglers seeking brown trout and salmon, offers open water for swimmers and lays out its banks for paddling children and picnicking hikers.
Over the last few years the UK's rivers have been gripped by a deepening crisis, with a chemical cocktail of sewage, agricultural waste and other pollution suffocating biodiversity and risking public health.
The Avon fails water quality tests that measure how close it is to its natural state. It suffers from pollution, high phosphate levels, low flows, high temperatures, flash floods, drought and obstructions to its natural movement.
Aveton Gifford.
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Drought, pollution, floods: Avon in Devon tells story of UK rivers in distress
A journey down the waterway in an area of outstanding natural beauty highlights troubles facing UK rivers.
The river Avon rises from a boggy wilderness. It rushes over granite slabs and waterfalls down rocks, pooling alongside small oaks amid the coconut tang of yellow gorse, before picking up pace once more.
Twenty-three miles downstream its brackish flow swooshes at pace into a steep-sided estuary where paddleboarders ride the tidal motion and surfers run into the swell of Bigbury Bay.
On its journey from the highest reaches of south Dartmoor in Devon, the River Avon plays host to egrets and herons, entertains anglers seeking brown trout and salmon, offers open water for swimmers and lays out its banks for paddling children and picnicking hikers.
Over the last few years the UK's rivers have been gripped by a deepening crisis, with a chemical cocktail of sewage, agricultural waste and other pollution suffocating biodiversity and risking public health.
The Avon fails water quality tests that measure how close it is to its natural state. It suffers from pollution, high phosphate levels, low flows, high temperatures, flash floods, drought and obstructions to its natural movement.
Aveton Gifford.
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Drought, pollution, floods: Avon in Devon tells story of UK rivers in distress
A journey down the waterway in an area of outstanding natural beauty highlights troubles facing UK rivers.
The river Avon rises from a boggy wilderness. It rushes over granite slabs and waterfalls down rocks, pooling alongside small oaks amid the coconut tang of yellow gorse, before picking up pace once more.
Twenty-three miles downstream its brackish flow swooshes at pace into a steep-sided estuary where paddleboarders ride the tidal motion and surfers run into the swell of Bigbury Bay.
On its journey from the highest reaches of south Dartmoor in Devon, the River Avon plays host to egrets and herons, entertains anglers seeking brown trout and salmon, offers open water for swimmers and lays out its banks for paddling children and picnicking hikers.
Over the last few years the UK's rivers have been gripped by a deepening crisis, with a chemical cocktail of sewage, agricultural waste and other pollution suffocating biodiversity and risking public health.
The Avon fails water quality tests that measure how close it is to its natural state. It suffers from pollution, high phosphate levels, low flows, high temperatures, flash floods, drought and obstructions to its natural movement.
Aveton Gifford.
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Drought, pollution, floods: Avon in Devon tells story of UK rivers in distress
A journey down the waterway in an area of outstanding natural beauty highlights troubles facing UK rivers.
The river Avon rises from a boggy wilderness. It rushes over granite slabs and waterfalls down rocks, pooling alongside small oaks amid the coconut tang of yellow gorse, before picking up pace once more.
Twenty-three miles downstream its brackish flow swooshes at pace into a steep-sided estuary where paddleboarders ride the tidal motion and surfers run into the swell of Bigbury Bay.
On its journey from the highest reaches of south Dartmoor in Devon, the River Avon plays host to egrets and herons, entertains anglers seeking brown trout and salmon, offers open water for swimmers and lays out its banks for paddling children and picnicking hikers.
Over the last few years the UK's rivers have been gripped by a deepening crisis, with a chemical cocktail of sewage, agricultural waste and other pollution suffocating biodiversity and risking public health.
The Avon fails water quality tests that measure how close it is to its natural state. It suffers from pollution, high phosphate levels, low flows, high temperatures, flash floods, drought and obstructions to its natural movement.
Aveton Gifford.
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Drought, pollution, floods: Avon in Devon tells story of UK rivers in distress
A journey down the waterway in an area of outstanding natural beauty highlights troubles facing UK rivers.
The river Avon rises from a boggy wilderness. It rushes over granite slabs and waterfalls down rocks, pooling alongside small oaks amid the coconut tang of yellow gorse, before picking up pace once more.
Twenty-three miles downstream its brackish flow swooshes at pace into a steep-sided estuary where paddleboarders ride the tidal motion and surfers run into the swell of Bigbury Bay.
On its journey from the highest reaches of south Dartmoor in Devon, the River Avon plays host to egrets and herons, entertains anglers seeking brown trout and salmon, offers open water for swimmers and lays out its banks for paddling children and picnicking hikers.
Over the last few years the UK's rivers have been gripped by a deepening crisis, with a chemical cocktail of sewage, agricultural waste and other pollution suffocating biodiversity and risking public health.
The Avon fails water quality tests that measure how close it is to its natural state. It suffers from pollution, high phosphate levels, low flows, high temperatures, flash floods, drought and obstructions to its natural movement.
Aveton Gifford.
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Drought, pollution, floods: Avon in Devon tells story of UK rivers in distress
A journey down the waterway in an area of outstanding natural beauty highlights troubles facing UK rivers.
The river Avon rises from a boggy wilderness. It rushes over granite slabs and waterfalls down rocks, pooling alongside small oaks amid the coconut tang of yellow gorse, before picking up pace once more.
Twenty-three miles downstream its brackish flow swooshes at pace into a steep-sided estuary where paddleboarders ride the tidal motion and surfers run into the swell of Bigbury Bay.
On its journey from the highest reaches of south Dartmoor in Devon, the River Avon plays host to egrets and herons, entertains anglers seeking brown trout and salmon, offers open water for swimmers and lays out its banks for paddling children and picnicking hikers.
Over the last few years the UK's rivers have been gripped by a deepening crisis, with a chemical cocktail of sewage, agricultural waste and other pollution suffocating biodiversity and risking public health.
The Avon fails water quality tests that measure how close it is to its natural state. It suffers from pollution, high phosphate levels, low flows, high temperatures, flash floods, drought and obstructions to its natural movement.
Aveton Gifford.
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Drought, pollution, floods: Avon in Devon tells story of UK rivers in distress
A journey down the waterway in an area of outstanding natural beauty highlights troubles facing UK rivers.
The river Avon rises from a boggy wilderness. It rushes over granite slabs and waterfalls down rocks, pooling alongside small oaks amid the coconut tang of yellow gorse, before picking up pace once more.
Twenty-three miles downstream its brackish flow swooshes at pace into a steep-sided estuary where paddleboarders ride the tidal motion and surfers run into the swell of Bigbury Bay.
On its journey from the highest reaches of south Dartmoor in Devon, the River Avon plays host to egrets and herons, entertains anglers seeking brown trout and salmon, offers open water for swimmers and lays out its banks for paddling children and picnicking hikers.
Over the last few years the UK's rivers have been gripped by a deepening crisis, with a chemical cocktail of sewage, agricultural waste and other pollution suffocating biodiversity and risking public health.
The Avon fails water quality tests that measure how close it is to its natural state. It suffers from pollution, high phosphate levels, low flows, high temperatures, flash floods, drought and obstructions to its natural movement.
Aveton Gifford.
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WarWilding: a new word to describe the startling effects of using nature as a weapon.
From defensive flooding to buffer zones, using the natural world in conflict is as old as war itself - now academics have given it a name.
During the early days of the Russia-Ukraine war, the invading force was approaching the Irpin River and the gates of the Ukrainian capital. But the river waters suddenly rose, forcing the Russians to turn back and leaving a trail of abandoned tanks and military hardware. Kyiv breathed again and a wetland ecosystem was reflooded for the first time in more than 70 years.
The Ukrainian army reflooded the dying Irpin River and its former wetlands to save the Ukrainian capital.
"That's warWilding," says Jasper Humphreys, director of programmes for the Marjan Study Group in the department of war studies at King’s College London, which researches conflict and the environment.
Biodiversity hotspots: Craters formed by Russian shells dot the floodplains of the Irpin between the villages of Moschun and Rakivka.
The Ukrainian army’s flooding of the river Irpin at the start of Russian invasion of Ukraine has created the ideal conditions for a successful warWilding legacy.
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WarWilding: a new word to describe the startling effects of using nature as a weapon.
From defensive flooding to buffer zones, using the natural world in conflict is as old as war itself - now academics have given it a name.
During the early days of the Russia-Ukraine war, the invading force was approaching the Irpin River and the gates of the Ukrainian capital. But the river waters suddenly rose, forcing the Russians to turn back and leaving a trail of abandoned tanks and military hardware. Kyiv breathed again and a wetland ecosystem was reflooded for the first time in more than 70 years.
The Ukrainian army reflooded the dying Irpin River and its former wetlands to save the Ukrainian capital.
"That's warWilding," says Jasper Humphreys, director of programmes for the Marjan Study Group in the department of war studies at King’s College London, which researches conflict and the environment.
Biodiversity hotspots: Craters formed by Russian shells dot the floodplains of the Irpin between the villages of Moschun and Rakivka.
The Ukrainian army’s flooding of the river Irpin at the start of Russian invasion of Ukraine has created the ideal conditions for a successful warWilding legacy.
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WarWilding: a new word to describe the startling effects of using nature as a weapon.
From defensive flooding to buffer zones, using the natural world in conflict is as old as war itself - now academics have given it a name.
During the early days of the Russia-Ukraine war, the invading force was approaching the Irpin River and the gates of the Ukrainian capital. But the river waters suddenly rose, forcing the Russians to turn back and leaving a trail of abandoned tanks and military hardware. Kyiv breathed again and a wetland ecosystem was reflooded for the first time in more than 70 years.
The Ukrainian army reflooded the dying Irpin River and its former wetlands to save the Ukrainian capital.
"That's warWilding," says Jasper Humphreys, director of programmes for the Marjan Study Group in the department of war studies at King’s College London, which researches conflict and the environment.
Craters formed by Russian shells dot the floodplains of the Irpin between the villages of Moschun and Rakivka.
The Ukrainian army’s flooding of the river Irpin at the start of Russian invasion of Ukraine has created the ideal conditions for a successful warWilding legacy.
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WarWilding: a new word to describe the startling effects of using nature as a weapon.
From defensive flooding to buffer zones, using the natural world in conflict is as old as war itself - now academics have given it a name.
During the early days of the Russia-Ukraine war, the invading force was approaching the Irpin River and the gates of the Ukrainian capital. But the river waters suddenly rose, forcing the Russians to turn back and leaving a trail of abandoned tanks and military hardware. Kyiv breathed again and a wetland ecosystem was reflooded for the first time in more than 70 years.
The Ukrainian army reflooded the dying Irpin River and its former wetlands to save the Ukrainian capital.
"That's warWilding," says Jasper Humphreys, director of programmes for the Marjan Study Group in the department of war studies at King’s College London, which researches conflict and the environment.
A section of the Irpin between the villages of Moschun and Rakivka which ecologists say would bethe core area of ecological restoration.
The Ukrainian army’s flooding of the river Irpin at the start of Russian invasion of Ukraine has created the ideal conditions for a successful warWilding legacy.
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WarWilding: a new word to describe the startling effects of using nature as a weapon.
From defensive flooding to buffer zones, using the natural world in conflict is as old as war itself - now academics have given it a name.
During the early days of the Russia-Ukraine war, the invading force was approaching the Irpin River and the gates of the Ukrainian capital. But the river waters suddenly rose, forcing the Russians to turn back and leaving a trail of abandoned tanks and military hardware. Kyiv breathed again and a wetland ecosystem was reflooded for the first time in more than 70 years.
The Ukrainian army reflooded the dying Irpin River and its former wetlands to save the Ukrainian capital.
"That's warWilding," says Jasper Humphreys, director of programmes for the Marjan Study Group in the department of war studies at King’s College London, which researches conflict and the environment.
A section of the Irpin between the villages of Moschun and Rakivka.
The Ukrainian army’s flooding of the river Irpin at the start of Russian invasion of Ukraine has created the ideal conditions for a successful warWilding legacy.
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WarWilding: a new word to describe the startling effects of using nature as a weapon.
From defensive flooding to buffer zones, using the natural world in conflict is as old as war itself - now academics have given it a name.
During the early days of the Russia-Ukraine war, the invading force was approaching the Irpin River and the gates of the Ukrainian capital. But the river waters suddenly rose, forcing the Russians to turn back and leaving a trail of abandoned tanks and military hardware. Kyiv breathed again and a wetland ecosystem was reflooded for the first time in more than 70 years.
The Ukrainian army reflooded the dying Irpin River and its former wetlands to save the Ukrainian capital.
"That's warWilding," says Jasper Humphreys, director of programmes for the Marjan Study Group in the department of war studies at King’s College London, which researches conflict and the environment.
The river Irpin flows through formerly cultivated fields near Rakivka.
The Ukrainian army’s flooding of the river Irpin at the start of Russian invasion of Ukraine has created the ideal conditions for a successful warWilding legacy.
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WarWilding: a new word to describe the startling effects of using nature as a weapon.
From defensive flooding to buffer zones, using the natural world in conflict is as old as war itself - now academics have given it a name.
During the early days of the Russia-Ukraine war, the invading force was approaching the Irpin River and the gates of the Ukrainian capital. But the river waters suddenly rose, forcing the Russians to turn back and leaving a trail of abandoned tanks and military hardware. Kyiv breathed again and a wetland ecosystem was reflooded for the first time in more than 70 years.
The Ukrainian army reflooded the dying Irpin River and its former wetlands to save the Ukrainian capital.
"That's warWilding," says Jasper Humphreys, director of programmes for the Marjan Study Group in the department of war studies at King’s College London, which researches conflict and the environment.
Branches of the Irpin flow through formerly cultivated lands near Rakivka.
The Ukrainian army’s flooding of the river Irpin at the start of Russian invasion of Ukraine has created the ideal conditions for a successful warWilding legacy.
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WarWilding: a new word to describe the startling effects of using nature as a weapon.
From defensive flooding to buffer zones, using the natural world in conflict is as old as war itself - now academics have given it a name.
During the early days of the Russia-Ukraine war, the invading force was approaching the Irpin River and the gates of the Ukrainian capital. But the river waters suddenly rose, forcing the Russians to turn back and leaving a trail of abandoned tanks and military hardware. Kyiv breathed again and a wetland ecosystem was reflooded for the first time in more than 70 years.
The Ukrainian army reflooded the dying Irpin River and its former wetlands to save the Ukrainian capital.
"That's warWilding," says Jasper Humphreys, director of programmes for the Marjan Study Group in the department of war studies at King’s College London, which researches conflict and the environment.
Branches of the Irpin flow through formerly cultivated lands near Rakivka.
The Ukrainian army’s flooding of the river Irpin at the start of Russian invasion of Ukraine has created the ideal conditions for a successful warWilding legacy.
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WarWilding: a new word to describe the startling effects of using nature as a weapon.
From defensive flooding to buffer zones, using the natural world in conflict is as old as war itself - now academics have given it a name.
During the early days of the Russia-Ukraine war, the invading force was approaching the Irpin River and the gates of the Ukrainian capital. But the river waters suddenly rose, forcing the Russians to turn back and leaving a trail of abandoned tanks and military hardware. Kyiv breathed again and a wetland ecosystem was reflooded for the first time in more than 70 years.
The Ukrainian army reflooded the dying Irpin River and its former wetlands to save the Ukrainian capital.
"That's warWilding," says Jasper Humphreys, director of programmes for the Marjan Study Group in the department of war studies at King’s College London, which researches conflict and the environment.
Different branches of the Irpin and abandoned agricultural fields are seen from above, near Rakivka.
The Ukrainian army’s flooding of the river Irpin at the start of Russian invasion of Ukraine has created the ideal conditions for a successful warWilding legacy.
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WarWilding: a new word to describe the startling effects of using nature as a weapon.
From defensive flooding to buffer zones, using the natural world in conflict is as old as war itself - now academics have given it a name.
During the early days of the Russia-Ukraine war, the invading force was approaching the Irpin River and the gates of the Ukrainian capital. But the river waters suddenly rose, forcing the Russians to turn back and leaving a trail of abandoned tanks and military hardware. Kyiv breathed again and a wetland ecosystem was reflooded for the first time in more than 70 years.
The Ukrainian army reflooded the dying Irpin River and its former wetlands to save the Ukrainian capital.
"That's warWilding," says Jasper Humphreys, director of programmes for the Marjan Study Group in the department of war studies at King’s College London, which researches conflict and the environment.
The river Irpin near Rakivka.
The Ukrainian army’s flooding of the river Irpin at the start of Russian invasion of Ukraine has created the ideal conditions for a successful warWilding legacy.
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WarWilding: a new word to describe the startling effects of using nature as a weapon.
From defensive flooding to buffer zones, using the natural world in conflict is as old as war itself - now academics have given it a name.
During the early days of the Russia-Ukraine war, the invading force was approaching the Irpin River and the gates of the Ukrainian capital. But the river waters suddenly rose, forcing the Russians to turn back and leaving a trail of abandoned tanks and military hardware. Kyiv breathed again and a wetland ecosystem was reflooded for the first time in more than 70 years.
The Ukrainian army reflooded the dying Irpin River and its former wetlands to save the Ukrainian capital.
"That's warWilding," says Jasper Humphreys, director of programmes for the Marjan Study Group in the department of war studies at King’s College London, which researches conflict and the environment.
Water encroaches onto ormer agricultural fields in Rakivka.
The Ukrainian army’s flooding of the river Irpin at the start of Russian invasion of Ukraine has created the ideal conditions for a successful warWilding legacy.
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WarWilding: a new word to describe the startling effects of using nature as a weapon.
From defensive flooding to buffer zones, using the natural world in conflict is as old as war itself - now academics have given it a name.
During the early days of the Russia-Ukraine war, the invading force was approaching the Irpin River and the gates of the Ukrainian capital. But the river waters suddenly rose, forcing the Russians to turn back and leaving a trail of abandoned tanks and military hardware. Kyiv breathed again and a wetland ecosystem was reflooded for the first time in more than 70 years.
The Ukrainian army reflooded the dying Irpin River and its former wetlands to save the Ukrainian capital.
"That's warWilding," says Jasper Humphreys, director of programmes for the Marjan Study Group in the department of war studies at King’s College London, which researches conflict and the environment.
Irrigation channels near Rakivka are overflowing with floodwaters since the dam was removed.
The Ukrainian army’s flooding of the river Irpin at the start of Russian invasion of Ukraine has created the ideal conditions for a successful warWilding legacy.
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WarWilding: a new word to describe the startling effects of using nature as a weapon.
From defensive flooding to buffer zones, using the natural world in conflict is as old as war itself - now academics have given it a name.
During the early days of the Russia-Ukraine war, the invading force was approaching the Irpin River and the gates of the Ukrainian capital. But the river waters suddenly rose, forcing the Russians to turn back and leaving a trail of abandoned tanks and military hardware. Kyiv breathed again and a wetland ecosystem was reflooded for the first time in more than 70 years.
The Ukrainian army reflooded the dying Irpin River and its former wetlands to save the Ukrainian capital.
"That's warWilding," says Jasper Humphreys, director of programmes for the Marjan Study Group in the department of war studies at King’s College London, which researches conflict and the environment.
Irrigation channels near Rakivka are overflowing with floodwaters since the dam was removed.
The Ukrainian army’s flooding of the river Irpin at the start of Russian invasion of Ukraine has created the ideal conditions for a successful warWilding legacy.
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WarWilding: a new word to describe the startling effects of using nature as a weapon.
From defensive flooding to buffer zones, using the natural world in conflict is as old as war itself - now academics have given it a name.
During the early days of the Russia-Ukraine war, the invading force was approaching the Irpin River and the gates of the Ukrainian capital. But the river waters suddenly rose, forcing the Russians to turn back and leaving a trail of abandoned tanks and military hardware. Kyiv breathed again and a wetland ecosystem was reflooded for the first time in more than 70 years.
The Ukrainian army reflooded the dying Irpin River and its former wetlands to save the Ukrainian capital.
"That's warWilding," says Jasper Humphreys, director of programmes for the Marjan Study Group in the department of war studies at King’s College London, which researches conflict and the environment.
A sign planed on the banks of the Irpin near Rakivka warns of mines.
The Ukrainian army’s flooding of the river Irpin at the start of Russian invasion of Ukraine has created the ideal conditions for a successful warWilding legacy.
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WarWilding: a new word to describe the startling effects of using nature as a weapon.
From defensive flooding to buffer zones, using the natural world in conflict is as old as war itself - now academics have given it a name.
During the early days of the Russia-Ukraine war, the invading force was approaching the Irpin River and the gates of the Ukrainian capital. But the river waters suddenly rose, forcing the Russians to turn back and leaving a trail of abandoned tanks and military hardware. Kyiv breathed again and a wetland ecosystem was reflooded for the first time in more than 70 years.
The Ukrainian army reflooded the dying Irpin River and its former wetlands to save the Ukrainian capital.
"That's warWilding," says Jasper Humphreys, director of programmes for the Marjan Study Group in the department of war studies at King’s College London, which researches conflict and the environment.
A soldier's helmet lies beside the Irpin river near Rakivka where the Ukrainian army attacked an attempted pontoon crossing.
The Ukrainian army’s flooding of the river Irpin at the start of Russian invasion of Ukraine has created the ideal conditions for a successful warWilding legacy.
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WarWilding: a new word to describe the startling effects of using nature as a weapon.
From defensive flooding to buffer zones, using the natural world in conflict is as old as war itself - now academics have given it a name.
During the early days of the Russia-Ukraine war, the invading force was approaching the Irpin River and the gates of the Ukrainian capital. But the river waters suddenly rose, forcing the Russians to turn back and leaving a trail of abandoned tanks and military hardware. Kyiv breathed again and a wetland ecosystem was reflooded for the first time in more than 70 years.
The Ukrainian army reflooded the dying Irpin River and its former wetlands to save the Ukrainian capital.
"That's warWilding," says Jasper Humphreys, director of programmes for the Marjan Study Group in the department of war studies at King’s College London, which researches conflict and the environment.
The remains of a Russian tank engine lie beside the river Irpin in Rakivka.
The Ukrainian army’s flooding of the river Irpin at the start of Russian invasion of Ukraine has created the ideal conditions for a successful warWilding legacy.
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WarWilding: a new word to describe the startling effects of using nature as a weapon.
From defensive flooding to buffer zones, using the natural world in conflict is as old as war itself - now academics have given it a name.
During the early days of the Russia-Ukraine war, the invading force was approaching the Irpin River and the gates of the Ukrainian capital. But the river waters suddenly rose, forcing the Russians to turn back and leaving a trail of abandoned tanks and military hardware. Kyiv breathed again and a wetland ecosystem was reflooded for the first time in more than 70 years.
The Ukrainian army reflooded the dying Irpin River and its former wetlands to save the Ukrainian capital.
"That's warWilding," says Jasper Humphreys, director of programmes for the Marjan Study Group in the department of war studies at King’s College London, which researches conflict and the environment.
The dam in Moschun was destroyed by the defending Ukrainian forces and the Russians became stuck in the ground which quickly became waterlogged.
The Ukrainian army’s flooding of the river Irpin at the start of Russian invasion of Ukraine has created the ideal conditions for a successful warWilding legacy.
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WarWilding: a new word to describe the startling effects of using nature as a weapon.
From defensive flooding to buffer zones, using the natural world in conflict is as old as war itself - now academics have given it a name.
During the early days of the Russia-Ukraine war, the invading force was approaching the Irpin River and the gates of the Ukrainian capital. But the river waters suddenly rose, forcing the Russians to turn back and leaving a trail of abandoned tanks and military hardware. Kyiv breathed again and a wetland ecosystem was reflooded for the first time in more than 70 years.
The Ukrainian army reflooded the dying Irpin River and its former wetlands to save the Ukrainian capital.
"That's warWilding," says Jasper Humphreys, director of programmes for the Marjan Study Group in the department of war studies at King’s College London, which researches conflict and the environment.
The reamains of housing destroyed by Russian attacks in Moschun
The Ukrainian army’s flooding of the river Irpin at the start of Russian invasion of Ukraine has created the ideal conditions for a successful warWilding legacy.
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WarWilding: a new word to describe the startling effects of using nature as a weapon.
From defensive flooding to buffer zones, using the natural world in conflict is as old as war itself - now academics have given it a name.
During the early days of the Russia-Ukraine war, the invading force was approaching the Irpin River and the gates of the Ukrainian capital. But the river waters suddenly rose, forcing the Russians to turn back and leaving a trail of abandoned tanks and military hardware. Kyiv breathed again and a wetland ecosystem was reflooded for the first time in more than 70 years.
The Ukrainian army reflooded the dying Irpin River and its former wetlands to save the Ukrainian capital.
"That's warWilding," says Jasper Humphreys, director of programmes for the Marjan Study Group in the department of war studies at King’s College London, which researches conflict and the environment.
A dismembered tree in woods near Moschun
The Ukrainian army’s flooding of the river Irpin at the start of Russian invasion of Ukraine has created the ideal conditions for a successful warWilding legacy.
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WarWilding: a new word to describe the startling effects of using nature as a weapon.
From defensive flooding to buffer zones, using the natural world in conflict is as old as war itself - now academics have given it a name.
During the early days of the Russia-Ukraine war, the invading force was approaching the Irpin River and the gates of the Ukrainian capital. But the river waters suddenly rose, forcing the Russians to turn back and leaving a trail of abandoned tanks and military hardware. Kyiv breathed again and a wetland ecosystem was reflooded for the first time in more than 70 years.
The Ukrainian army reflooded the dying Irpin River and its former wetlands to save the Ukrainian capital.
"That's warWilding," says Jasper Humphreys, director of programmes for the Marjan Study Group in the department of war studies at King’s College London, which researches conflict and the environment.
A sign warns of the prescence of mines near the Irpin river.
The Ukrainian army’s flooding of the river Irpin at the start of Russian invasion of Ukraine has created the ideal conditions for a successful warWilding legacy.
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Policeman Wayne Couzens, 48, a diplomatic protection officer with the Metropolitan Police force, who has been arrested for murder and kidnap over the disappearance of marketing manager Sarah Everard, 33, who went missing on March 3 after walking home from a friend's house in Clapham at 9pm. Couzens, a married father-of-two, was arrested on Tuesday over the disappearance of Sarah Everard in south London in a "serious and significant development." He works as an armed diplomatic protection officer based at Westminster Police and was arrested at his home in Kent. Police widend their search for Sarah to include the ponds at Clapham Common and released a CCTV image of Sarah, who was last seen walking between Clapham Common and Brixton on Wednesday.
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NEWS - Polizist Wayne Couzens, verhaftet im Fall der vermissten Sarah Everard in London
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Policeman Wayne Couzens, 48, a diplomatic protection officer with the Metropolitan Police force, who has been arrested for murder and kidnap over the disappearance of marketing manager Sarah Everard, 33, who went missing on March 3 after walking home from a friend's house in Clapham at 9pm. Couzens, a married father-of-two, was arrested on Tuesday over the disappearance of Sarah Everard in south London in a "serious and significant development." He works as an armed diplomatic protection officer based at Westminster Police and was arrested at his home in Kent. Police widend their search for Sarah to include the ponds at Clapham Common and released a CCTV image of Sarah, who was last seen walking between Clapham Common and Brixton on Wednesday.
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NEWS - Polizist Wayne Couzens, verhaftet im Fall der vermissten Sarah Everard in London
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Policeman Wayne Couzens, 48, a diplomatic protection officer with the Metropolitan Police force, who has been arrested for murder and kidnap over the disappearance of marketing manager Sarah Everard, 33, who went missing on March 3 after walking home from a friend's house in Clapham at 9pm. Couzens, a married father-of-two, was arrested on Tuesday over the disappearance of Sarah Everard in south London in a "serious and significant development." He works as an armed diplomatic protection officer based at Westminster Police and was arrested at his home in Kent. Police widend their search for Sarah to include the ponds at Clapham Common and released a CCTV image of Sarah, who was last seen walking between Clapham Common and Brixton on Wednesday.
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NEWS - Polizist Wayne Couzens, verhaftet im Fall der vermissten Sarah Everard in London
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Policeman Wayne Couzens, 48, a diplomatic protection officer with the Metropolitan Police force, who has been arrested for murder and kidnap over the disappearance of marketing manager Sarah Everard, 33, who went missing on March 3 after walking home from a friend's house in Clapham at 9pm. Couzens, a married father-of-two, was arrested on Tuesday over the disappearance of Sarah Everard in south London in a "serious and significant development." He works as an armed diplomatic protection officer based at Westminster Police and was arrested at his home in Kent. Police widend their search for Sarah to include the ponds at Clapham Common and released a CCTV image of Sarah, who was last seen walking between Clapham Common and Brixton on Wednesday.
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NEWS - Polizist Wayne Couzens, verhaftet im Fall der vermissten Sarah Everard in London
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Policeman Wayne Couzens, 48, a diplomatic protection officer with the Metropolitan Police force, who has been arrested for murder and kidnap over the disappearance of marketing manager Sarah Everard, 33, who went missing on March 3 after walking home from a friend's house in Clapham at 9pm. Couzens, a married father-of-two, was arrested on Tuesday over the disappearance of Sarah Everard in south London in a "serious and significant development." He works as an armed diplomatic protection officer based at Westminster Police and was arrested at his home in Kent. Police widend their search for Sarah to include the ponds at Clapham Common and released a CCTV image of Sarah, who was last seen walking between Clapham Common and Brixton on Wednesday.
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NEWS - Polizist Wayne Couzens, verhaftet im Fall der vermissten Sarah Everard in London
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Policeman Wayne Couzens, 48, a diplomatic protection officer with the Metropolitan Police force, who has been arrested for murder and kidnap over the disappearance of marketing manager Sarah Everard, 33, who went missing on March 3 after walking home from a friend's house in Clapham at 9pm. Couzens, a married father-of-two, was arrested on Tuesday over the disappearance of Sarah Everard in south London in a "serious and significant development." He works as an armed diplomatic protection officer based at Westminster Police and was arrested at his home in Kent. Police widend their search for Sarah to include the ponds at Clapham Common and released a CCTV image of Sarah, who was last seen walking between Clapham Common and Brixton on Wednesday.
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