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The Latest Breaking News from Environment Agency

Four items of heavy machinery have been spotted in the coastal town for the works

Nottingham Post

Prospective EA chair refuses to divest from firm chosen for government project

Alan Lovell says he sees no conflict of interest in Environment Agency role and having shares in Progressive Energy

The Guardian - UK

Warning after man arrested on suspicion of poaching trout and illegal fishing net seized in Newbiggin by the Sea

An investigation is ongoing after Environment Agency officers seized an illegal fishing net

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UK weather: Four-week heatwave with highs of 36C as July 'could be hottest month ever'

Bookmakers have slashed the odds on July being the hottest month ever as the BBC forecasts highs of 31C next week and Environment Agency warns people to 'use water wisely'

Daily Mirror

Weir today, gone tomorrow: work starts to free Cumbrian river

Bowston is the largest river barrier removal planned for the UK this year and will allow fish and other species to move more freely

The Guardian - UK

Environment Agency chief hits out at greenwashing by businesses

‘Deception’ gives false impression firms are addressing climate crisis, says Emma Howard Boyd

The Guardian - UK

'Horror story' of stench that has plagued quiet town

People are said to have been suffering with a repeated "toxic" smell

Liverpool Echo

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Village of the flies: Residents living in misery as mystery plague continues

Problem with flies has been going on for five years - and nobody knows what is causing it

Wales Online

Queen could revoke Davidstow cheddar royal warrant over river pollution

Palace says cheesemakers to Queen must keep up with environmental standards or risk removal of coat of arms

The Guardian - UK

Ofwat extends sewage dumping inquiry to include South West Water

Regulator expands investigation after suggestions water firm was not complying with legal obligations

The Guardian - UK

Environment Agency faces legal battle over water removal in Norfolk Broads

Tim and Geli Harris to take agency to high court over groundwater removal for farming near protected wetlands

The Guardian - UK

Huge incinerator could take on different type of waste

The Viridor energy-from-waste plant in Runcorn has an annual capacity of 1,100,000 tonnes

Liverpool Echo

Cheesemaker behind Cathedral City fined £1.5m for killing fish and stinking out homes

Residents were left feeling unwell as 'eggy and fishy smells' were reported with thousands of trout killed as a result of decisions by Davidstow Creamery, Truro Crown Court heard

Daily Mirror

Dairy Crest fined £1.5m for string of 'unacceptable' environmental breaches

The firm, which makes household products including Cathedral City cheese, Clover dairy spread and Flylight, has been taken to court

Wales Online

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The Guardian - UK

One of UK’s biggest dairy firms fined £1.5m for polluting Cornwall river

Dairy Crest sentenced for repeatedly breaching environmental permit at Davidstow creamery

The Independent UK

River sewage causes stink in by-election campaign as Lib Dem candidate’s son ‘falls ill after swimming’

Exclusive: Tiverton and Honiton hopeful Richard Foord said 12-year-old son left vomiting after taking dip in polluted River Culm

The Independent UK

Labour accuses Government of ‘siding with the water companies’ over sewage

Defra minister Lord Benyon told peers in the House of Lords the ‘level of storm overflows into our rivers is totally unacceptable’.

The Guardian - UK

Government retracts ‘unlawful’ pollution guidance for England’s farms

Advice that allowed farmers to spread manures in a way that risked polluting waters has been changed by Defra

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Daily Mirror

Scores of towns at risk of falling into the sea as climate change erodes coastlines

Many residents fear their homes will be wiped off the map with as many as 200,000 properties at risk of plunging into the sea or swallowed by floodwater by 2050

Chronicle Live

Fire crews control Wallsend blaze for almost 5 hours after shipping container sets alight

The Environment Agency were also made aware of the incident due to the nature of the fire

Wales Online

Fly-tipper caught in the act by MoD helicopter

He was fined £1,200 after being filmed dumping waste and even burning mattresses

The Independent UK

‘No coming back from erosion’: UK coastal towns will need to relocate due to climate crisis

‘In some places the right answer will be to move communities away from danger,’ Sir James Bevan says

The Guardian - UK

Factory farming is turning this beautiful British river into an open sewer

The Wye is being killed by toxic industrial chicken factories. Such disasters are happening all over the UK, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Nottingham Post

Giant fungus spreading into rivers near East Midlands Airport being investigated

Concerns have been raised about the impact of the process

Evening Standard

World Oceans Day 2023: Date, theme, and how to get involved

The United Nations General Assembly declared June 8 World Oceans Day in 2008

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