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England gets 27 new bathing sites – but no guarantee they’ll be safe for swimming

Water campaigner Feargal Sharkey says newly designated sites will join ‘ignoble, floundering list of failure’

The Guardian - UK · May 13, 2024

The Guardian view on Britain’s dirty waterways: a failure of industry and regulation

Editorial: Fresh warnings about polluted rivers from the environment watchdog are shocking but not surprising

The Guardian - UK · May 9, 2024

Northumbrian Water told to publish raw sewage discharge data it tried to hide

Appeal tribunal orders firm to share details on hundreds of thousands of tonnes of outflows into North Sea

The Guardian - UK · May 3, 2024

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How the overseas owners of the UK’s water companies clean up by polluting our rivers

Soiled seas and huge dividends: where has the £64bn borrowed by firms since privatisation gone, asks Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The Guardian - UK · Apr 26, 2024

How climate change will transform London: a guide to the city in 10, 50 and 100 years

From flooding, drought and disease to total societal upheaval, Robbie Griffiths investigates the grim future that awaits our capital if global warming is allowed to continue

Evening Standard · Apr 22, 2024

"We're not responsible for telling you whether you can swim in the rivers or not" - shocking message from water company polluting a world-famous river

Water company on the defensive after discharging dangerous levels of waste into the Thames

Advnture · Apr 18, 2024

‘Working with the landscape is a more sensible way of managing our rivers’: should we dismantle the UK’s dams?

Removing dams, weirs and culverts on waterways is hugely beneficial to wildlife and the environment – but there may be risks in a densely populated, flood-prone country

The Guardian - UK · Apr 7, 2024

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Environment watchdog boss had £100 dinner with water company lobbyists

The Liberal Democrats used freedom of information to reveal the gifts and hospitality received by the Environment Agency chief.

Evening Standard · Apr 6, 2024

‘Awful’: climate crisis threatens to sink historic north-east golf club

Saving Alnmouth from rising seas and coastal erosion complicated by links course being on private land

The Guardian - UK · Apr 2, 2024

England’s sewage crisis: how polluted is your local river and which regions are worst hit?

Rivers in north of England among most polluted, shows new data. Search your postcode to see how sewage spills into your local river

The Guardian - UK · Mar 27, 2024

Water companies in England face outrage over record sewage discharges

Call for environmental emergency to be declared after data reveals 105% rise in raw sewage discharges over past 12 months

The Guardian - UK · Mar 27, 2024

Sewage spills from storm overflows jumped by 54% in 2023, figures reveal

Storm overflows dumped untreated sewage into rivers and seas for 3.6m hours last year

Evening Standard · Mar 27, 2024

Boat Race organisers warn rowers not to enter water after E coli discovery

Boat Race organisers have issued new safety guidance for the race on Saturday, warning rowers not to enter the water and to cover any open wounds

The Guardian - UK · Mar 27, 2024

4m hours of raw sewage discharges in England in 2023, data expected to show

Exclusive: Environment Agency figures to be released on Wednesday to reveal 129% increase in total discharges on previous 12 months

The Guardian - UK · Mar 26, 2024

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The Guardian - UK · Mar 26, 2024

Steve Barclay apologises for not recusing himself sooner from incinerator decision

Environment secretary opposed waste plant plans that must be approved by body he oversees

The Guardian - UK · Mar 22, 2024

Steve Barclay under scrutiny for failing to declare potential conflict of interest

Environment secretary has been vocal opponent of waste plant plans that must be approved by body he oversees

The Guardian - UK · Mar 11, 2024

Thames Water absent from industry’s £180m anti-pollution drive

Ministers disappointed by decision of one of worst sewage dumpers not to join England-wide initiative

Evening Standard · Mar 7, 2024

Environment Agency says white foam at Teddington Lock was natural occurrence as sewage row intensifies

Row comes after MP Sarah Olney had described the scene at Teddington Lock as ‘absolutely disgusting’ and ‘clear environmental hazard’

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Evening Standard · Feb 29, 2024

Cooking oil used in takeaways 'deliberately dumped' in London's Grand Union Canal

Thousands of litres of cooking oil have been dumped in the water, says the Canal and River Trust

The Guardian - UK · Feb 27, 2024

Southern Water fined £330,000 for stream pollution that killed 2,000 fish

Waste flowed into Hampshire stream for 20 hours because of faulty equipment at pumping station

The Guardian - UK · Feb 27, 2024

Oxfordshire housing development ‘should be blocked due to failing sewage system’

Environment Agency objects to plans for 1,450 new homes, saying Thames Water’s Oxford plant cannot cope with more demand

The Guardian - UK · Feb 24, 2024

‘Poisoned by chemicals’: citizen scientists prove River Avon is polluted

Charity says the decline of invertebrates linked to chemicals in water while Environment Agency said Wiltshire river had not deteriorated

The Guardian - UK · Feb 22, 2024

Flood warnings across England and Wales as heavy rain falls on ‘saturated ground’

Environment Agency releases 70 warnings, with some schools closed and ferries and trains disrupted

The Guardian - UK · Feb 17, 2024

Everything you wish you never needed to know about sewage fungus

The smelly, nasty bacteria that spells bad news for rivers is flourishing in the UK. Here is how to spot it and what it means

Evening Standard · Feb 9, 2024

Flood warnings issued for five areas of London after heavy rain

Areas around Rivers Thames, Lea and Pinn could be affected

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