Slurry sprayed on village streets and buildings

Slurry was sprayed on pavements and buildings

Slurry has been sprayed on roads, pavements and across buildings in a village.

Main routes in Audlem, Cheshire were covered in the agricultural waste on Tuesday evening.

Cheshire Police said it was called to reports a tractor had travelled through the village with the slurry tanker partially open.

There were no reports that the incident was malicious, and the matter was passed to the highways team at Cheshire East Council, said the force.

Slurry coated the pavement on Stafford Street in the centre of Audlem

Staff thought there was a problem with the toilets, then realised what had happened outside, said Rachel Tremblay, who owns the Lord Combermere in the centre of the village.

"It stunk the pub," she said.

The council said it attended after it was alerted by police but was not required to take any further action, as a local farmer dealt with the clean-up.

However it said it would check its drainage system for any blockage or contamination.

The Environment Agency is investigating whether any of the slurry has entered the nearby River Weaver as a result of the incident.

It thanked members of the public who reported it, and urged anyone else who suspected pollution in rivers and waterways to contact its 24-hour incident hotline.