Tesco hit with £8m pollution fines for Lancashire petrol station leak

Michael Holder
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UK retailer pleads guilty to health, safety, and environmental offences after 2014 incident which saw petrol leak into local rivers and sewer network

Tesco has been ordered to pay more than £8m in fines and costs after a 2014 pollution incident which saw petrol from one of its Lancashire filling stations leak into local rivers and sewers. Announcing...

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