4 h. ago Netflix's Toxic Town true story of UK's biggest environment scandal

Netflix tells the story of the Corby mothers who fought for justice after their children were born with severe deformities due to the council's failure to remove toxic waste properly

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4 h. ago Inside Corby toxic waste horror from babies born with defects to mothers' heartbreak

As Netflix's Toxic Town tells the harrowing story of Corby toxic waste case, the Mirror takes a look at the real families impacted by the catastrophic poisonings

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9 h. ago Netflix’s Toxic Town: Where the Corby poisonings tale was really filmed

Various filming locations around England were used during Netflix's new four-part series

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12 h. ago Toxic Town cast: who is in Jodie Whittaker’s new Netflix show

Toxic Town is based on an incredible true-story

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13 h. ago Robert Carlyle on Toxic Town, Brexit and playing Begbie again

The acting legend talks Trainspotting spinoffs, fame and starring in the new Netflix drama Toxic Town

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22 h. ago Toxic Town on Netflix review: this soapy Jodie Whittaker drama pulls its punches

This four-episode series about the Corby waste scandal is decently bingeable, even if its characters are often denied emotional depth

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33 h. ago True story behind Netflix's Toxic Town as Jodie Whittaker leads waste scandal drama

Toxic Town, starring Jodie Whittaker, Aimee Lou Wood, Claudia Jessie and Robert Carlyle, tells the story of a group of women who take on their local council

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34 h. ago Stark true story behind Netflix's Toxic Town as mothers fight for justice in landmark scandal

New Netflix drama Toxic Town, set to be released on February 27, stars Jodie Whittaker, Aimee Lou Wood, Claudia Jessie and Robert Carlyle among its cast and is based on a harrowing true story

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38 h. ago Toxic Town cast in full as Netflix series drops with stars from Doctor Who and Trainspotting

New Netflix series Toxic Town is based on a true story surrounding a toxic waste scandal in Corby, Northamptonshire, and features a star-studded cast from British film and TV

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39 h. ago Netflix's Toxic Town cast as true story drama about toxic waste scandal launches

Netflix dubs the series as a 'story of community resilience in the face of institutional negligence and greed — and the power of parents’ love for their children'

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3 d. ago Toxic Town: the terrifying true story behind Jodie Whittaker's new Netflix show

It’s all about the Corby toxic waste scandal - and the mothers that fought to get justice for their children

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3 d. ago Netflix's Toxic Town release date, cast and plot as toxic waste scandal drama drops

Toxic Town sees a group of mothers take on their local council after a waste scandal leads to babies being born with birth defects

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3 d. ago 1923's harrowing true story of Teonna Rainwater's abuse explored

Yellowstone prequel 1923 has a harhrowing true story at its heart as Teonna Rainwater is seen being beaten and tormented by nuns at the Catholic School for Indigenous Children

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5 d. ago Toxic Town: Jodie Whittaker is absolutely flawless as she battles real

The hasty regeneration of Corby’s old steelworks poisoned a generation. Now the story of how it came to court is told in a harrowing, if slightly melodramatic, new Netflix seriesJack Thorne writes the kind of meaningful, worthwhile dramas that you definitely – no, honestly – do plan to watch but just maybe not tonight. Best Interests from 2023, about a distraught mother battling the NHS doctors who decide to allow her severely ill teenage daughter to die, was warm, miraculously funny, and as gripping as a thriller. It was also so traumatising that it could make the viewer feel as if they were in actual physical pain. Before that, there was The Accident, whose matter-of-fact title only hinted at the harrowing subject matter: the series covered the aftermath of a construction site explosion in Wales that killed eight children.Toxic Town (Thursday 27 February, Netflix) – Thorne’s new four-part series – could be considered a companion piece to The Accident: it also deals with a dea...

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6 d. ago The true story behind A Thousand Blows by the show's historical advisor

Steven Knight’s story of boxing and thievery is rooted in reality

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9 d. ago Doctor Who and Sex Education stars feature in new Netflix show Toxic Town filmed in Greater Manchester

It is based on a true story

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9 d. ago 'I woke up in hospital and made terrifying realisation after noticing man next to me'

Neide Melo woke up in 2017, in a hospital bed, next to a man who she had seen only once in her life with her last memories had been from 2003. She is still yet to remember what happened

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