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A cow was handed a waste carriers licence. Now MPs are calling for tighter checks

A cow, named Beau Vine, was recently granted a waste carrier licence prompting calls for more regulation

The Independent UK

River Thames in London gets first official bathing spot on Friday

Thames at Ham designated as one of 13 new swimming areas across England to be monitored for water quality

The Guardian - UK

‘Sickening’ waste covering area size of football pitch found at protected site

The area where the 30,000 tonnes of waste has been dumped is ‘well-concealed’ and was only found after members of the public reported a bad smell.

Evening Standard

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Fly-tipping gang sentenced for massive London waste-dumping spree after Environment Agency probe

CCTV showed the men breaking into sites and directing tipper trucks of rubbish

The Independent UK

‘Disgraceful’ illegal waste mountain near River Cherwell finally being cleared

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The Independent UK

Work to remove ‘disgraceful’ 150 metre waste mountain will cost over £7m

The 150-metre long trail of rubbish in a field alongside the A34 in Kidlington prompted widespread outrage

The Independent UK

Work begins to clear ‘disgraceful’ mountain of illegal waste near River Cherwell

The illegal waste dump has prompted a public outcry and a criminal investigation which has led to four arrests.

Evening Standard

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‘An abomination’: the Lancashire town kicking up a stink over reopened landfill

Residents of Fleetwood say continuous foul smell from Transwaste site is causing illness and making life hell

The Guardian - UK

How Sizewell C nuclear project can help UK ‘take back control of energy supply’ amid volatile market

Ministers say Sizewell C could supply six million homes with nuclear energy, reducing England’s reliance on foreign fossil fuel imports

The Independent UK

Ministers unveil plans for faster approvals for nuclear and aviation fuel plants

The Environment Agency will take the helm as ‘lead environmental regulator’ for Sizewell C and Lighthouse Green Fuels.

Evening Standard

Thames Water ‘close to deal that would spare it new Ofwat fines until 2030’

Offer reportedly put forward by creditors hoping to save struggling firm from being renationalised temporarily

The Guardian - UK

Say hello to the UK’s most successful growth industry: organised waste crime

Thanks to a sustained ideological assault on regulation, our country has been turned into a literal dump, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The Guardian - UK

Thousands of environmental breaches by water companies uncovered in record checks

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The Independent UK

Water companies accused of more than 3,000 environmental rule breaches

The Environment Agency completed more than 10,000 checks of water company assets in the past year

The Independent UK

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Evening Standard

More than 1.87m hours of sewage spills in 2025 as drier weather cuts pollution

The Environment Agency figures show there was an average of 20.5 spills per overflow outlet, compared with 31.8 in the previous year.

The Independent UK

Untreated sewage spilled into English rivers, seas and lakes once every two minutes in 2025

There were 291,492 sewage spills in 2025, a decrease from 2024’s figures

The Guardian - UK

‘Seriously wrong’: flood-hit Lincolnshire residents at odds with Reform MP over climate

Constituents’ frustration with Richard Tice reflects growing problem for party and its leaders’ climate-sceptic stance

The Guardian - UK

Environment Agency too weak to tackle illegal waste dumping, MPs say

Regulator for England lacks powers to deal with what the public accounts committee calls an ‘out-of-control plague’

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The Independent UK

Drinks mixer firm’s profits slump amid Environment Agency battle

The premium drinks firm is challenging the Extended Producer Responsibility packaging tax

Evening Standard

Fever-Tree profits knocked by £2.8m packaging tax provision

The soft drinks and mixers firm reported underlying earnings of £42.4 million for 2025, down from £50.7 million in 2024.

The Guardian - UK

People in North Yorkshire town found to have ‘alarming’ levels of toxic Pfas chemicals in blood

Exclusive: Testing in Bentham, home to UK’s highest recorded Pfas levels, finds one in four have blood levels in greatest risk category

The Independent UK

Fly-tippers could be forced to clear their own rubbish under new crackdown

Fly-tippers could soon find themselves conscripted into "clean-up squads", tasked with tidying the very areas where they have illegally dumped waste, under new government proposals.

The Guardian - UK

Thames Water lenders float new £10bn rescue plan

Latest effort involves paying off fines worth hundreds of millions of pounds as part of bid to stave off financial collapse

The Times of India

UK government plans police-style powers for Environment Agency to crack down on waste crime

The UK government is considering granting enforcement officers of the Environment Agency (EA) police-style powers to strengthen the crackdown on waste crime, including fly-tipping and illegal dumping, ministers announced ahead of the upcoming Waste Crime Action Plan.

The Conversation

England’s sewage scandal hinges on lack of water industry regulation – new docudrama reveals how profit drives pollution

A new three-part factual drama, Dirty Business, highlights the murky world of the English water industry. This Channel 4 docudrama follows the lives of two concerned citizens from Oxfordshire in south-east England: a retired police detective called Ash Smith and a retired university professor called Peter Hammond, who is an…

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