Award-winning village pulls out of ‘Best Kept’ contest after Thames Water dumped raw sewage in its river – causing a foul smell and the closure of a children’s playground

An award-winning, picturesque village has pulled out of a contest after raw sewage was dumped into the river for months, causing a vile smell and the closure of a children’s playground. Chalfont St Giles in Buckinghamshire, nestled on the edge of the Chiltern Hills, has won the county’s ‘Best Kept Village’ contest six times since … Read more