Air Pollution In Kibworth Amongst Worst In UK

Kibworth has been named as one of the worst places in the UK for air pollution.

Friends Of The Earth say levels of nitrogen dioxide, caused by vehicle fumes, are alarmingly high on the A6 Leicester Road – ranking it the 4th worst on a list of 71 areas of the East Midlands where national air quality standards are being breached.

The charity has today published a list of just under 2,000 places in the UK where levels are too high, saying such high levels can flare up asthma and cause breathing problems,

Harborough Council declared an Air Quality Management Area in that part of Kibworth last year and have recently installed new monitoring equipment, to get real-time data as it looks at way of trying to mitigate the problem.

Cllr Phil King from Harborough Council, and Cllr Philip Bothwell, Cllr John Tillotson, Cllr Vijay Chavda and Cllr Kevin Feltham from Kibworth Harcourt Parish Council with the new air quality monitor