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Official confirmation that they did no wrong and should not have been forced to give up the babies they had yearned to keep. duncan kennedy, bbc news, in edinburgh. what news, in edinburgh. ajourney. a major clean up operation is under way in a small town in new south wales after millions of fish died in a local river. it has now been almost a week since the incident and it's been an anxious time for residents of the town of menindee, who are worried about possible contamination of their water supply. earlier our correspondent in sydney, phil mercer gave me more details. we've heard from the s...

Contamination of their water supply. i'm joined now by phil mercer in sydney. thank you very much forjoining us on the programme. what is the situation of the clean—up right now? we have heard from the senior police officer who is leading this emergency clean—up in menindee, and he believes that up to 20 million fish could have died in this mass die off. it is believed that the native fish suffocated in what is called hypoxic blackwater. this is a naturally occurring phenomenon that causes oxygen levels in the river to be drastically reduced, so essentially it is believed that these fish d...