Water provider United Utilities has been told by a senior East Lancashire politician to ‘sort it out’ after data revealed thousands of raw sewage spills in the region last year.

Lancashire experienced more than 250,000 hours of raw sewage spills in 2023 according to data from the Rivers Trust.

The data per local authority mirrors a trend seen nationally, where sewage spills doubled from 2022 to 2023, and Lancashire witnessed more than 8,000 more incidents compared to the previous year. almost 22 a day.