A water company has agreed to pay £235,000 to a wildlife charity after illegally pumping sewage into a stream.
Yorkshire Water breached its environmental permit in August 2015 when they pumped sewage into the Hookstone Beck in Harrogate.
The permit says the company is only allowed to release sewage into the stream following large rainfall or snow, but that was not the case during the dry weather of August.
Following an investigation by the Environment Agency (EA) the company submitted a voluntary offer to make amends for the incident.
The EA said the money would be given to Yorkshire Wildlife Trust.
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