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Water companies to face ‘strictest targets’ on sewage pollution under new plan

Defra said it is launching the ‘largest infrastructure programme in water company history to crack down on sewage spills and end pollution’.

The Independent UK

New government plan to stop sewage spills branded ‘joke’ and ‘licence to pollute’

‘Weak’ targets won’t stop the dumping, say Labour and Lib Dems

The Independent UK

‘I admire her’: UK politicians on whether they would party like Sanna Marin

Finnish PM’s dancing video shows how politicians are expected to moderate their behaviour – but have right to a private life

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Shellfish ‘forgotten victims’ of sewage polluting UK waters say Lib Dems

Waters containing shellfish were dumped in nearly 29,000 times last year, with the longest event lasting 5,000 hours.

The Independent UK

Monitors for measuring sewage going into sea 'faulty or not installed'

The Liberal Democrats say Environment Agency data shows water companies are failing to monitor sewage discharges along the coastline including at British seaside resorts

Wales Online

Water company bosses got 20% pay rise amid sewage ‘scandal’, say Lib Dems

Research by the party showed water company executives picked up wages of £24.8 million in 2021-22 – a increase of 21% on the previous year.

The Independent UK

Inquiry after Avanti passengers have to scale 2-metre spiked fence to leave station

People locked in at Lake District stop after 100 minute-delay on one of UK’s worst performing rail services

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Passengers trapped in locked station after train arrived over 90 minutes late

Some passengers resorted to scaling high, spiked gates to get out

The Independent UK

No hosepipe ban at No 10, as ministers call for water restrictions

Downing Street has no plan to bar use of hoses as PM is also urged to drain pool at Chequers

The Guardian - UK

‘This stinks’: Government accused of hiding from scrutiny over sewage in rivers

Ministers refuse to say whether they have met with water companies to solve problem

The Independent UK

SNP politician in list of MPs who took interns from anti-abortion group

AN anti-abortion group has placed more than a dozen interns in MP offices across the UK since 2010, including one SNP member, according to…

The National (Scotland)

Conservatives’ alarm grows over threat of tactical voting in safe seats

Last week’s byelection losses saw huge swings to the best-placed Tory opponent – without any formal electoral pact

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Whitby’s second-home referendum: highlighting a national crisis

Editorial: The future of some of Britain’s most beautiful locations should be determined by locals, not property investors

The Guardian - UK

Lib Dems call for fuel duty reduction in rural areas

Analysis suggests households in rural areas paid £114 in transport costs a week in the year to March 2020, almost £40 more than those in urban areas.

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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

Evening Standard

London firefighters called out to over 130 e-bike and e-scooter battery blazes in just over a year

Firefighters have been called to more than 130 fires involving the type of batteries used in e-bikes and e-scooters in London in little over a year, it can be revealed.

Wales Online

'We need more Feargal Sharkeys to combat sewage dumps in our rivers'

Former Liberal Democrats leader Tim Farron wants local environmentalists to be on management boards of water firms

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