Toxic dust families agree payout

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Agreement over compensation has been reached after mediation between a Northamptonshire council and families of 19 children with birth defects.Last year a High Court judge said Corby Borough Council was negligent in its clean-up of a steelworks, allowing chemicals to affect pregnant women.

Poisonous dust released into the air was "capable" of causing limb deformities, the court ruled.

The families will share an undisclosed amount after an out-of-court deal.

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