brook

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A formerly shady brook, enclosed by trees, has been opened out to form a wetland area.

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Four of the offences included discharging higher-than-permitted levels of cyanide into the Manchester Ship Canal, a nearby river and a local brook.

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At last they paused at a brook to drink.

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In Dawlish, Devon, two black swan nests and 10 eggs were washed away after consecutive January storms brought torrential rain and caused the brook to breach its banks.

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A man has died after he entered a flooded brook during a police chase.

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