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To clean up England's rivers we need to know how much sewage is dumped – but water firms won't tell us

UK environment secretary Thérèse Coffey has demanded that water companies share plans for how they will reduce sewage discharges into rivers. They could start by coming clean on how much sewage is being dumped. If we don’t know how much sewage is actually being released – for at least the…

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Government could fine polluting water firms up to £250m for serious sewage spills, Parliament told

The current upper limit of £250,000 was considered "not a significant enough deterrent"

Chronicle Live

Revealed: scale of ‘forever chemical’ pollution across UK and Europe

Major mapping project reveals PFAS have been found at high levels at thousands of sites

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UK beach 'do not swim' warning for entire year after bacteria spike in water

Faecal matter has been discovered at St Mary's Bay and swimmers are now being told not to enter waters due to safety concerns for the whole of 2023.

Daily Record

England one dry spell away from return to severe drought, say experts

Warning comes as supermarkets ration sales of produce owing to dry conditions elsewhere in Europe

The Guardian - UK

UK beach issues 'do not swim' warning for entire YEAR after bacteria alert

Faecal matter has been detected at St Mary's Bay on Romney Marsh in Kent by the Environment Agency meaning people are advised not to swim there throughout 2023

Daily Mirror

Dirty gold: the fly-tipping gangs costing councils millions – and how you can help

If you venture out to the countryside, the chances are you’ve probably seen piles of rubbish, anything from fridges to frying pans, rubble to refuse sacks dumped at the side of the road or in laybys. Waste crime is serious, hazardous and on the increase. Often referred to as “fly-tipping”…

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East London residents fear dangerous toxins spewing from ‘decade-long’ landfill fires

People living close to the former landfill site in Rainham are demanding action to end the near-constant fires, reports Barney Davis

Evening Standard

UK's 20 most polluted rivers revealed in Top of the Poops league table - see list

Data crunched by Top of the Poops has shown how waterways across England and Wales were severely polluted in 2021 by water companies pumping out sewage for millions of hours

Daily Mirror

Rishi Sunak denies reports ministers are reconsidering super fines for polluting water firms

The Prime Minister has hit back at reports the Government is reconsidering super fines for water companies that dump sewage in Britain’s rivers.

Evening Standard

Utilities consultancy opens South West base at Exeter Science Park

Aqua Consultants said its new base was the “ideal” location from which to serve its clients in the region, including The Environment Agency, South West Water and the Met Office

Birmingham Post

Japanese knotweed warning as little-known law can hits Brits with £34,000 fine

A Japanese knotweed expert has warned how people need to be aware of fines, that could be more than £34,000, or even jail they could face by having the invasive plant in their gardens

Daily Mirror

Now even the Environment Agency workers are on strike

"Running the agency and its staff into the ground is an act of wilful negligence by ministers"

Bristol Post

England’s flood warning systems on autopilot again as staff stage strike

Workers at Environment Agency who protect communities from weather disasters among those striking for second time in month

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Japanese knotweed and the little-known laws that could land you with £34k bill

The destructive invasive plant was originally imported by the Victorians but soon became a scourge on gardens across the country

The Conversation

Waste crime: how online advertising platforms are facilitating illegal dumping

The new BBC podcast, Buried, by investigative journalists Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor, is a compelling look at how criminals are infiltrating the UK waste disposal system. It opens with a tape recording by a trucker, on his deathbed. He tells the story of one of the worst environmental crimes…

Wales Online

Man who fly-tipped bricks in car park is jailed for 16 months

It cost businesses £3,000 to have the mess taken away

Liverpool Echo

Stream 'turns white' with no explanation

Some claimed that the water turns white once every three weeks

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Nottingham Post

Trowell residents 'over the moon' to have flood defence measures fitted at homes

The scheme will help reduce the risk of water entering people’s homes during a flood.

Birmingham Post

East Yorkshire modular building specialist named on £10b government contract list

Integra Buildings one of less than 30 national firms in line for major works in housing, education, justice and defence

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan urged to spend £1bn to safeguard 200,000 London homes at flood risk

In the summer of 2021 large parts of London saw severe flash floods which caused nine Tube stations to be closed

Chronicle Live

Homes in coastal area of Northumberland could be lost to the sea by 2100, campaigners say

Chuck Bank on the Northumberland Coast has been identified as one of 21 areas where homes are at risk of being swallowed up by the sea, according to a new map published by climate action group One Home

The Independent UK

Environment Agency workers to walk out in pay dispute

Unison and Prospect members in areas including river inspection, flood forecasting, coastal risk management and pollution control will strike.

Daily Mirror

Coastal communities living in terror with £600m of homes in danger of plunging into sea

Countless Brits up and down the country live in fear their homes will get wiped off the map by the every new storm as many don't even know they're being left at the mercy of the waves

Wales Online

Coastal erosion in England could plunge homes worth £600m into the sea, say campaigners

One Home has identified 21 at-risk villages and hamlets

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