Residents were raising awareness of the rights of rivers and the development of a charter for the council during a colourful jaunt from Mansbridge to Cobden Bridge on Sunday (May 31) - with support from the "goddess of the River Itchen, Ancasta", pictured.   Photo: Jonny Templeton

Southampton River Rights member Gavin Millar said before the event: "‘Legal rights for rivers may seem a strange idea at first, but if a non-physical entity such as Southern Water has legal rights ... why not our rivers, which are in dire need of better protection?" 

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