River Action activist James Wallace has claimed that the new bathing sites "don't tell the full picture" after the government announced a record number of wild swimming spots have been designated as bathing spots in England.

Speaking on GB News he said: "Congratulations to Robbie Moore and the government for announcing 27 new sites, 11 of which I believe are for rivers and 3 or 4 for lakes.

"However, it doesn't tell the full picture. Whilst of course we should celebrate more users in the water and their protection, unfortunately monitoring does not happen throughout the year.

"It would be from May to September during the main swimming season, and it doesn't include any form of change in what water companies are doing.

"So unfortunately, although it's great to see there's going to be more monitoring, what are we going to see to have the rivers cleaned up?"

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