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A council banned pesticides. Guess what the weeds did

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70% Informative

Locals in Lambeth , south London , say the area is starting to look derelict’ with pavements beset by “4ft-high’ weeds.

Lambeth said stopping the use of the product would allow weeds “the chance to flower” and “contribute to local biodiversity” Council handed responsibility for clearing weeds to road sweepers but only “as time allows”.

Lambeth received more than 12,000 complaints in the past six months .

Serco accounted for nearly one in ten complaints, Lambeth said.

Council said decision was taken because of the product’s “damaging health and environmental impacts” Lambeth pointed out it was not the only council to stop using glyphosate.

VR Score

70

Informative language

68

Neutral language

33

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

49

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

Source diversity

1

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