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Swimming spots hit by 160,000 hours of sewage dumps

Liberal Democrats have called for a sewage tax on water companies’ profits to clean up coastlines, rivers and lakes

The Independent UK

Is this the end for the traditional British watermill?

Hundreds of mills could be converted to generate clean electricity – but the Environment Agency has just raised application fees by up to 790%

The Guardian - UK

Ofwat could face legal action over sewage discharges in rivers

Environmentalists accuse England and Wales water regulator of failing to take action against polluters

The Guardian - UK

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£36,000 in fines issued after Newark farm was used to illegally burn hundreds of tonnes of waste

They have appeared in court

Nottingham Post

Investigation underway after pollution turns River Irwell 'foamy'

The Environment Agency are trying to find out where it came from

Manchester Evening News

Parents delighted as 'much-needed' new school approved after years of campaigning

Campaigners have been pushing for more secondary school provision

Bristol Post

Breaches of English farm pollution laws rise as rules remain largely unenforced

Exclusive: violations of farming rules for water last year reached highest level since legislation was introduced

The Guardian - UK

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Thames Water dumped raw sewage into rivers 5,028 times in 2021

Campaigners say utility firm’s investment plan to remedy situation is ‘completely inadequate’

The Guardian - UK

Cornish businessmen to pay £240k for illegal waste disposal

Neal Tremayne and Brian Matthews pleaded guilty to various environmental offences

Birmingham Post

How to turn England’s rivers from filthy sewers into shining streams

Community groups are starting to take matters into their own hands, says environmental journalist Rachel Salvidge

The Guardian - UK

County Durham man fined after being caught in act illegally killing salmon in River Wear

Jordan Aldworth, of Escomb, near Bishop Auckland, was fined £450 and was ordered to pay £150 in costs

Chronicle Live

More than 300,000 homes in England now better protected from flooding, Environment Agency says

‘Climate emergency is bringing greater risks,’ Environment Agency chair says

The Independent UK

Oxford stretch of River Thames to get bathing water status

Move comes amid concern quality of England’s waterways could pose risk to wild swimmers

The Independent UK

Ban all rubbish exports to crack down on waste crime, Environment Agency urges

The Environment Agency’s 2021 national waste crime survey concluded that waste crime in England was endemic

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Evening Standard

Oil-soaked heron dies after fishing in polluted south London river

A heron photographed covered in oil after fishing in a polluted south London river was found dead on a golf course a few days later, according to locals.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi Announces Ban on Single-Use Plastic Bags from June 2022

The Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) announced on Wednesday that its ban on the use of single-use plastic bags will be effective from June 2022, based on its integrated single-use plastic policy that was introduced in 2020. EAD plans to gradually reduce the amount of single-use plastic products consumed…

Bristol Post

Fish poisoned after dirty water from farm poured into Somerset river

The company has been hit with a huge fine

Daily Mirror

British river turns into 'open sewer' as manure spread on nearby land pollutes waters

The River Wye is a special area of conservation but is suffering from its location at the centre of intensive poultry production. Locals have stopped swimming in the Wye after it turned green

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Abu Dhabi has rescued over 250 Turtles, says environment agency

The Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi (EAD) has rescued over 200 sea turtles since the start of the new year.

Daily Mirror

Raw sewage dumped into English rivers and sea 372,000 times in 2021

The Environment Department (Defra) has published proposals aimed at significantly reducing discharges of raw sewage through storm drain overflows to protect health and halting the environmental damage they cause

The Independent UK

Water firms admit pumping raw sewage into UK rivers and seashores 1,000 times a day

Current situation is ‘simply not good enough’, Environment Agency boss says

Evening Standard

Warning to dog walkers as oil spill pollutes brook near Richmond Park

Thames Water believe the spill was created by ‘a third-party’ after they began investigations on Sunday morning

Liverpool Echo

Jailed mother and son to face proceeds of crime hearing

The Environment Agency said that the Hills' waste business 'posed a risk to the community'

Liverpool Echo

Mother and son ran site where waste was burned illegally

Business where waste was stored and and burned posed 'unacceptable risks' to the community

Bristol Post

Minister overturns Caravan Club move plan because of 'risk to life'

"There would be disastrous consequences that could lead to loss of life"

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