Yet another European river turns 'blood' red overnight, this time in Northampton, UK

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nothing to see here folks... move along...</span><br /> <img src="http://www.sott.net/image/s8/164370/full/4136370375.jpg" /><br /> <div class="article-image-large to-center" style="clear: both; color: #15255b; line-height: 21px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 550px;"> <a href="http://www.sott.net/image/image/s8/164370/full/4136370375.jpg" rel="ibox&ignore_target=true" style="color: #2b4bb5;" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></a><br /> <div class="image-caption"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="tiny" style="color: grey;">© Northampton Chronicle, UK</span><br /> <span class="caption" style="color: #1b3651; font-weight: bold; padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 1em;">A stream in the Thorplands area of Northampton turned a red colour.</span></span></div> </div> <!-- Begin BidVertiser code --><br /> <script language="JavaScript1.1" src="http://bdv.bidvertiser.com/BidVertiser.dbm?pid=579098%26bid=1449088" type="text/javascript"></script><br /> <noscript><a href="http://www.bidvertiser.com/bdv/BidVertiser/bdv_advertiser.dbm">marketing</a></noscript><br /> <!-- End BidVertiser code --> <br /> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #15255b; line-height: 21px;">An large ink spillage has been identified as the cause of why a river in Northampton turning red. </span><br style="color: #15255b; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="color: #15255b; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #15255b; line-height: 21px;">Following an investigation by the Environment Agency and Anglian Water, it is </span><strong style="color: #15255b; line-height: 21px;">believed </strong><span style="color: #15255b; line-height: 21px;">that the waterway near to the A43 in Moulton turned red last Thursday due to a quantity of red ink. </span><br style="color: #15255b; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="color: #15255b; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #15255b; line-height: 21px;">Pep Finn-Scinaldi, aged 28, of Thorplands, took pictures of the watercourse when he saw the water was a deep red colour. </span><br style="color: #15255b; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="color: #15255b; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #15255b; line-height: 21px;">Mr Finn-Scinaldi said he walked along the stream, which runs towards the Round Spinney roundabout, as far as he could and the water was bright red all the way along. </span><br style="color: #15255b; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="color: #15255b; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #15255b; line-height: 21px;">He said: "At first I thought something had died as it looked like blood but when it was all the way along we said it must have been a whale to create that much blood. </span></span><br /> <div class="article-image-large to-center" style="clear: both; color: #15255b; line-height: 21px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 550px;"> <a href="http://www.sott.net/image/image/s8/164371/full/2972482071.jpg" rel="ibox&ignore_target=true" style="color: #2b4bb5;" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="River Turns Red" border="0" src="http://www.sott.net/image/image/s8/164371/large/2972482071.jpg" style="max-width: 520px;" title="Click to enlarge" /></span></a><br /> <div class="image-caption"> <span class="tiny" style="background-color: white; color: grey;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">© Northampton Chronicle, UK</span></span></div> </div> <!-- BEGIN TAG - DO NOT MODIFY --><br /> <script type="text/javascript"> //<![CDATA[ epom_key = "58a2f5117e08ea757dd860388cddcb60"; epom_channel = ""; epom_code_format = "ads"; epom_ads_host = "//www.adshost2.com"; epom_click = ""; epom_custom_params = {}; epom_width = "300"; epom_height = "250"; epom_sandbox_configuration = "allow-forms, allow-pointer-lock, allow-popups, allow-same-origin, allow-scripts, allow-top-navigation"; document.write("<script type='text\/javascript' src='"+(location.protocol == 'https:' ? 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Yet another European river turns 'blood' red overnight, this time in Northampton, UK

Nothing to see here folks... move along... © Northampton Chronicle, UK A stream in the Thorplands area of Northampton turned a red co...

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