Not so Golden Brown: DJ plays 24 hours of No 2s in Lake District sewage protest

The Guardian 1 min read 7 hours ago

<p>Radio host uses chart songs that didn’t quite make top spot to highlight issue of Windermere pollution</p><p></p><p>If you <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPNw_2h0CnU&amp;list=RDzPNw_2h0CnU&amp;start_radio=1">Sit Down</a> and wonder why Britain’s streams, rivers and lakes are so filthy, you’re probably <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWcASV2sey0">Holding Out for a Hero</a> to halt this <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1kE0MMfr20">Scandalous</a> discharge of sewage.</p><p>Step forward the <a href="https://lakedistrictradio.org/">Lake District Radio</a> DJ Lee Durrant, who will go <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azdwsXLmrHE">Radio Ga Ga</a> with a 24-hour live broadcasting marathon on Friday, playing songs that peaked at No 2 in the charts to highlight the ongoing stench of not quite <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-GUjA67mdc">Golden Brown</a> “number twos” floating downstream.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/nov/14/lake-district-sewage-pollution-dj-radio-protest-number-twos">Continue reading...</a>
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