内容摘要：Northern Ireland's Justice Minister, Naomi Long, condemned the violence.

Northern Ireland's Justice Minister, Naomi Long, condemned the violence.

In the leaflets, it committed to reducing sewage spills by 25% before 2030 and 75% by 2050. The company has alsoCampaigner Katy Colley, from Hastings Boycotts Southern Water, said the plans were "a disgrace".

She said Southern Water has had years to make the necessary investments from the money they collect from bills."Instead they paid out millions in dividends, executive salaries and bonuses," she added."Now they want us to pay all over again for the works they should have already done."

Southern Water provides water to 2.6 million customers and wastewater services to 4.6 million customers across Kent, Sussex, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.for dumping billions of litres of raw sewage into the sea.

Katy Taylor, chief customer officer of Southern Water, said: "We know our communities want to see us investing to improve our environmental outcomes and to do it wisely, but we also recognise the concerns about rising payments in the face of a cost-of-living crisis."

[email protected] Officer Neil McBride explained that planning permission for the first plant had been granted in 2012 and operations had since expanded, and that the new plant would be identical to the original.

Conservative councillor Thomas Ashton insisted it was “reassuring” that it wouldn’t be taking up prime agricultural land.“I think it’s very clear that this is to be located alongside an existing anaerobic digestion plant,” he said.

Mr Ashton later pointed out that there had been no formal objections to the plans, which he felt was “quite unusual,” but showed there was no reason not to approve them.Like thousands of students from across the island of Ireland who head across the Atlantic every year, Callum O'Reilly had considered studying in the United States - but not any more.