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Pennywort is an invasive species similar to Japanese Knotweed, and has been sighted in the Worcester-Birmingham Canal, and River Severn.

Green Councillor Karen Lewing is on a mission to highlight the problems this plant poses, which can grow up to 20cm per day, and campaign for more funding for the Canal & River Trust.

Matt Hutchinson reports.

In a statement, the Department for Enviornment, Food and Rural Affairs said: "Since the Trust was first created in 2012, we've been very clear it would have to increasingly move towards alternative sources of funding. to date, we've awarded them five-hundred-and-fifty million pounds, and are supporting them with a further five-hundred-and-ninety million pounds between now and 2037."