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UK's most polluted beaches mapped - with over 60 raw sewage warnings in place

The scale of the UK's problem with untreated sewage being released into coastal waters around the UK has been laid bare in updated beach pollution maps. Pollution risk warnings are currently in place for some popular beaches

Daily Mirror

Swimmers warned to avoid Kent coast after sewage spills following heavy rain

Water companies have been criticised for sewage pollution and discharging into Britain’s waters

The Independent UK

Water companies dumping sewage during dry weather, SAS report finds

Report exposes scale of human waste discharges into UK waters, including potentially illegal ‘dry spills’

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Ministers have no idea how many beaches in England shut due to sewage

Government admits information not kept on closures, as annual report also reveals no progress been made on river water quality

The Guardian - UK

Tory minister blasted for 'blaming the public' over sewage dumping into the sea

Mark Spencer, an Environment Minister, was slammed by campaigners for saying we should all check the drainpipes off our roofs - to stop mass sewage dumping by water firms

Daily Mirror

Brits warned not so swim in 50 beaches across UK as heavy rainfall sparks sewage fears

More than 50 beaches across the south of England have a sewage contamination warning after storms dumped a month's worth of rain in some parts of the UK yesterday

Daily Mirror

Warning issued as storm sewage discharged at some of Wales' most popular beaches

Surfers Against Sewage have issued pollution alerts for sewage at four popular beaches

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Sewage: How to check for pollution at beaches near you

Campaign group creates interactive map to advise locals and tourists where not to bathe

The Independent UK

Warning more sewage could wash up on beaches over bank holiday as most affected areas revealed

Surfers Against Sewage said it did not take exceptionally heavy rainfall for raw sewage to be flushed out in storm overflows

Wales Online

Sewage: How to check for pollution at beaches near you

Campaign group creates interactive map to advise locals and tourists where not to bathe

The Independent UK

70% of branded litter traced to just a dozen companies, says charity

Almost 4,000 citizen science volunteers found that Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and McDonalds were among those responsible for most of the discarded branded packaging

Wales Online

Which UK beaches are closed due to sewage?

Everything you need to know about which beaches are closed due to sewage spills

Evening Standard

Exactly how MPs voted on dumping sewage into UK seas and rivers – fact-checked

Campaigners say 265 Tory MPs betrayed the environment in an October 2021 Commons vote. But the MPs said overall they're tightening the law, and the plan they rejected wasn't practical. Here's the argument explained

Daily Mirror

10 beautiful UK beaches that water companies have filled with sewage

The sea off beaches in East Lothian, Kent, Northumberland, Yorkshire, Cornwall and Devon has been filled with sewage following heavy rainfall, a Surfers Against Sewage map shows

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'Don't swim' advice in Northumberland and South Shields - Alerts show sewage discharges near three beaches

Alerts on the Safer Seas Service map show the Environment Agency is warning against swimming at some popular North East beaches

The Independent UK

Ministers unlikely to take serious action over sewage pollution, activist says

Neil Cutts, from Surfers Against Sewage, warned the Government is unlikely to tackle the problem in the foreseeable future.

The Conversation

Sewage alerts: the long history of using maps to hold water companies to account

Southern Water was handed a record fine of £90 million in July 2021 after pleading guilty to illegally discharging sewage along the rivers and coastline of Kent, Hampshire and Sussex. More than a year later, the headlines have not improved for Britain’s embattled water companies who have recently discharged more…

Evening Standard

Water companies say discharges are required to prevent flooding from overwhelmed networks

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Surfers Against Sewage warn of storm discharges into rivers in Bristol and Bath

It's a blow for wildlife and wild swimmers

The Guardian - UK

Beachgoers warned to stay away after sewage alerts across England and Wales

Discharges following heavy rainfall affecting water quality, especially in south

Daily Mirror

Holiday warning - staycationing Brits told not to swim at 14 popular UK beaches

Surfers against Sewage have warned that popular beach hotspots across the UK including Bournemouth, Brighton and Poole have bee affected by adverse weather in recent days

The Guardian - UK

Raw sewage ‘pumped into English bathing waters 25,000 times in 2021’

Liberal Democrats condemn ‘environment scandal’ as party releases figures compiled from Environment Agency data

Chronicle Live

Surfers Against Sewage protestors' apology over Tynemouth monument graffiti

Slogans were written on Collingwood Monument at Tynemouth following a Surfers Against Sewage protest on April 23.

Liverpool Echo

Protesters gather on New Brighton beach against sewage pollution

Thousands of campaigners across the country joined forces for the cause

Chronicle Live

Surfers Against Sewage to hold protest march to highlight poor water quality at Cullercoats Bay

Surfers Against Sewage North Tyneside will be holding a protest march on April 23 against Northumbrian Water as part of a UK-wide day of action turning the spotlight on water companies and pollution.

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