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The best Christmas gifts for swimmers in the UK, from swim socks to snorkels

Here’s what everyone from top-level coaches to year-round ocean-dippers told us they’d love to unwrap on Christmas Day

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: the ‘catastrophic scale’ of sewage spills in England and Wales

Water companies have logged five sewage spills a day, every day, for a decade, analysis by the Observer shows

The Guardian - UK

Thousands gather across UK to demand clean rivers, beaches and lakes

Protesters call for an end to sewage discharges into all bathing and high-priority nature sites by 2030

The Independent UK

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‘Clean water is a basic right’: protesters against sewage in seas and rivers gather across the UK

Surfers and families vent their frustration with water companies after more news of poisoned drinking water and polluted lakes

The Guardian - UK

Surfing was my life – then Britain’s filthy water left me with an incurable illness

The disease left me debilitated and jobless. What will it take for the water companies to clean up their act, asks surfer Reuben Santer

The Guardian - UK

Untreated sewage dumped into UK waters ‘1,000 times every day for year’ damning report says

Public has raised concerns about number of sewage discharges across the UK, particularly at beaches and swimming spots

The Independent UK

Most inland bathing spots in England have unsafe pollution levels, report finds

Surfers Against Sewage finds 60% of representative sample of popular locations are unsafe for swimming

The Guardian - UK

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‘My daughter started to run a fever’: Britain’s swimmers on how sewage changed their summer

With pollution at high levels and growing worse, some keen swimmers have stopped going in the sea. Many have felt the impact on their mental health – not to mention the pain and discomfort of E coli

The Guardian - UK

‘There are more important things than profit’: Giles Bristow of Surfers Against Sewage on the shocking state of our seas

Our seas and rivers have never been in a worse state after years of neglect by the water companies. Now, we routinely check the sewage app alongside the weather. Meet the new CEO of Surfers Against Sewage who plans to turn the tide

The Guardian - UK

Dozens of triathletes struck down with diarrhoea and vomiting after ‘swimming in s**t’

At least 57 triathletes fell ill with sickness and diarrhoea following the World Triathlon Championship series in Sunderland, health officials said.

The Independent UK

Sewage alerts across UK mapped after Storm Antoni unleashed month’s rain in less than 24 hours

Warnings for swimming spots across country after heavy downpours on Saturday led to flooding

The Independent UK

Coca-Cola, McDonald’s and PepsiCo named UK’s biggest packaging polluters

Surfers Against Sewage’s annual audit finds 12 companies responsible for 70% of branded pollution

The Guardian - UK

Seven new Northern Ireland bathing water spots added to testing regime

It follows submissions from the public and the addition of seven to the list, takes the total to 33

Belfast Live

Water warnings mapped: 19 places across the UK you should not swim

The Environment Agency publishes regular updates on areas across the UK where the water isn’t deemed fit to swim in

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Activists to stage protests across Scotland against Rosebank oil field

Hundreds of demonstrators will descend on beaches and take to the sea across Scotland to protest against the planned development of the Rosebank oil…

The Independent UK

Water warnings mapped: 17 places across the UK you should not swim

The Environment Agency publishes regular updates on areas across the UK where the water isn’t deemed fit to swim in

The Independent UK

Water warnings mapped: 17 places across the UK you should not swim

The Environment Agency publishes regular updates on areas across the UK where the water isn’t deemed fit to swim in

The Independent UK

17 places across the UK you should not swim due to sewage or water quality warnings

The Environment Agency publishes regular updates on areas across the UK where the water isn’t deemed fit to swim in

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The Independent UK

Mapped: 17 places across the UK you should not swim due to sewage or water quality warnings

The Environment Agency publishes regular updates on areas across the UK where the water isn’t deemed fit to swim in

The Guardian - UK

Water companies got England’s sewage-ridden rivers and seas into this mess. Do we really trust them to clean it up?

Surfers, swimmers and consumers have been paying for the water industry’s neglect for too long. We need action, not words, says Henry Swithinbank of Surfers Against Sewage

The Guardian - UK

Finally, there’s something to unite Britain – disgust at what is happening to our waterways and seas

To force action on Britain’s sewage-blighted rivers and beaches, we need to kick up a new great stink, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

Chronicle Live

Campaigners gather on Cullercoats beach over pollution fears and sewage discharge

Cullercoats Collective and the campaign group Surfers against Sewage (SAS) gathered to form a heart on the beach

Chronicle Live

Warning of UK beaches to avoid after sewage leaks - including 15 in the North East

Brand new warnings have been brandished by charity Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) after sewage water was reportedly discharged into the sea

The Independent UK

People warned to avoid 83 UK beaches because of raw sewage dumped nearby

The alert includes Tripadvisor’s best UK beach

Daily Mirror

Brits warned to avoid 83 beaches across country after sewage leaks including 'UK's best'

New warnings have been applied to dozens of beaches across the UK today after sewage water was discharged into the sea - with the newly-crowned 'best beach in the UK' among those affected

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