Environmental campaigner Paul Powlesland, who has spoken for Friends of the River Cam and appears in the film Pure Clean Water, has made judicial history by taking a jury service oath on a cupful of water from his local river in north-east London. Mr Powlesland, a barrister who has acted for climate protesters, said: “I swear by the River Roding, from her source in Molehill Green to her confluence with the Thames, that I will faithfully try the defendant and give a true verdict according to the evidence.” When he visited Cambridge in 2021, Mr Powlesland made a very positive impression, said To…
