Why Sussex and Hampshire councils voted for 'rights' of rivers (www.bbc.com)

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The right to flow, the right to native biodiversity, the right to be free from pollution.

These are some of the rights that a small but growing number of local authorities in the south-east of England have decided their area's rivers should have.

The lawyers, campaigners and councillors behind the "rights of rivers" declarations accept it is up to Parliament to give England's waterways the same legal status as people.

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