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| Council in defects case to appeal | |
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| A council found negligent in its clean-up of former steel works which may have led to birth defects is to appeal against a High Court ruling. | A council found negligent in its clean-up of former steel works which may have led to birth defects is to appeal against a High Court ruling. |
| The families of 16 children last month won a legal battle against Corby Borough Council in Northamptonshire. | The families of 16 children last month won a legal battle against Corby Borough Council in Northamptonshire. |
| The young people claimed their birth defects were due to their mothers being exposed to toxic materials. | The young people claimed their birth defects were due to their mothers being exposed to toxic materials. |
| The council met to discuss what to do next and councillors voted to appeal against the High Court judgment. | The council met to discuss what to do next and councillors voted to appeal against the High Court judgment. |
| They agreed to adopt a "twin-track approach" to dealing with the High Court ruling, which will see the council start mediation with the claimants and families involved in the case. | |
| We want them (the council) to apologise - hold their hands up Mother Sarah Pearson | |
| The decision was made at a special full council meeting, which was open to the public, in the town's Great Western Hotel. | |
| Sarah Pearson, one of the family members at the meeting, criticised the decision. | |
| She told the BBC News Channel: "They just made a mockery of us. We want them to apologise - hold their hands up." | |
| 'Very angry' | |
| She said the council's decision to appeal the High Court ruling was "not fair" for the children. | |
| "We are very, very angry now. We just want to take it further, further and further. We will just keep fighting, fighting and fighting." | |
| Families with children suffering from birth defects after the High Court ruling | |
| Referring to the council's decision, she said: "It was expected but (we're) still disappointed at the same time." | |
| Some of the people affected have missing or under-developed fingers and three have deformities on their feet. | Some of the people affected have missing or under-developed fingers and three have deformities on their feet. |
| Ten thousand jobs were lost when the 680-acre British Steel works in Corby closed in 1980. | |
| Its buildings were gradually demolished, with waste removed to a quarry to the north of the site. | Its buildings were gradually demolished, with waste removed to a quarry to the north of the site. |
| During the case the mothers told the High Court how they either lived in or regularly visited Corby while pregnant. | During the case the mothers told the High Court how they either lived in or regularly visited Corby while pregnant. |
| The court found in favour of 16 out of 18 families who claimed their children were born with deformities to hands and feet caused by exposure to toxic waste from the former steel works between 1985 and 1999. | The court found in favour of 16 out of 18 families who claimed their children were born with deformities to hands and feet caused by exposure to toxic waste from the former steel works between 1985 and 1999. |