The sewage, which seemed to be coming from under St James Quay was due to a blocked sewer - connected to 12 houses -was spilling into a section of the river Wensum frequented by paddleboarders, fishermen and swimmers.

It was noticed by concerned locals and fishermen who reported it to Anglian Water and the Environment Agency.

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CATASTROPHIC DECLINE

Nicholas Richard Hodges, a local fisherman who reported the incident said: "You get people swimming just around the corner, that was what prompted me.

"It was a milky stream of foul-smelling water drifting downstream.

"The decline of the Wensum is catastrophic.

Nicholas Richard Hodges, a local fisherman(Image: Submitted)........

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