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Two Stormont departments are among three bodies under investigation by the UK's environment watchdog over sewage discharges into Belfast Lough.

The investigation by the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) will examine how the Utility Regulator, the Department for Infrastructure (DfI) and the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Daera) regulate sewage discharges by NI Water.

The OEP's chief executive Natalie Prosser said nature was "under unsustainable pressure" and these bodies were "the primary regulators" for water quality.

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