# ‘You need persistence’: the Norfolk couple who took on environmental regulators three times – and won

- Source: Guardian World
- Published: 2026-10-24T07:00:27+00:00
- Category: World
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/24/norfolk-couple-who-took-on-environmental-regulators-three-times-and-won
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/you-need-persistence-the-norfolk-couple-who-took-on-environmental-regu-29c8a5/

Tim and Geli Harris have spent more than a decade fighting to protect Catfield Fen, a rare wetland in the Norfolk Broads Polluters and regulators who fail to stop pollution must quake in their boots when they receive a letter from the lawyers for Tim and Geli Harris. The couple, who farm 460 acres in the Norfolk Broads, have now scored a hat-trick of landmark legal victories to save an internation

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