Steve Coogan, Paul Whitehouse and Lee Mack join Windermere pollution protest

Comedians perform at Lake District event in campaign to highlight ‘national scandal’ of volume of sewage being pumped into lake

Comedians Steve Coogan, Lee Mack and Paul Whitehouse called sewage pollution a “national scandal” as they joined campaigners to protest about the water quality at Windermere.

The comics performed at The Glebe in Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria at an event on Monday for environmental charity Friends of the Lake District to highlight the issue.