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Quagga mussel discovered for first time in UK

Quagga mussel discovered for first time in UK

Thursday, 09 October 2014

The invasive species, the quagga mussel (Dreissena rostriformis bugensis), has been discovered in the south east. ...

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Work begins on Boston flood bank

Work begins on Boston flood bank

Wednesday, 01 October 2014

Work starts tomorrow (1 Oct) on a £500,000 scheme to improve the flood bank at Slippery Gowt on the Boston Haven....

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Essex coastal community benefit from seawall repairs

Essex coastal community benefit from seawall repairs

Wednesday, 01 October 2014

A seawall in Hullbridge which was damaged by the storm surge last December is being brought back up to standard....

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Flood defence repair work completed on Chesil Beach

Flood defence repair work completed on Chesil Beach

Wednesday, 01 October 2014

Emergency flood defence repair work to damage caused this year by a succession of winters storms on Chesil Beach in Portland, Dorset, will be complete...

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Last chance to make a difference to flood risk in the South West

Last chance to make a difference to flood risk in the South West

Thursday, 25 September 2014

Over five million people are at risk from the devastating effects of flooding in the UK, with thousands of properties at risk in the south west....

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Take time to check your oil tank

Take time to check your oil tank

Tuesday, 23 September 2014

Autumn is here and it is the time of year when many households will be getting oil delivered ready for winter....

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Safe ark for threatened Norfolk white clawed crayfish

Safe ark for threatened Norfolk white clawed crayfish

Monday, 22 September 2014

An endangered population of white-clawed crayfish have been released into the headwaters of a river in north Norfolk....

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Denver Sluice back in full working order

Denver Sluice back in full working order

Friday, 19 September 2014

The Environment Agency has completed £60,000 of repairs to the Denver Sluice which was damaged during the East Coast tidal surge in December 2013. ...

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Flood risk work to start in Leicester

Flood risk work to start in Leicester

Thursday, 18 September 2014

On Monday 22 September, the Environment Agency and Leicester City Council will start work to help reduce flood risk in Leicester....

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Jawless fish given helping hand by the Environment Agency

Jawless fish given helping hand by the Environment Agency

Thursday, 18 September 2014

Trial of new materials to help lamprey overcome weirs...

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Police and Environment Agency swoop on water

Police and Environment Agency swoop on water

Wednesday, 17 September 2014

Police and Environment Agency Fisheries Enforcement carried out a joint raid on one of Cambridgeshire’s coarse fisheries yesterday. ...

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New fish passes open in Leeds

New fish passes open in Leeds

Wednesday, 17 September 2014

Helping fish populations of brown trout and coarse fish to move freely past two weirs...

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Drainage work begins on Todmorden’s Centre Vale Park

Drainage work begins on Todmorden’s Centre Vale Park

Monday, 15 September 2014

Project will take about 12 weeks to complete...

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Environment Agency to begin essential winter maintenance work

Environment Agency to begin essential winter maintenance work

Friday, 12 September 2014

The Environment Agency has announced a programme of maintenance work on access gates and fencing alongside several Somerset rivers over this coming wi...

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Reducing flood risk in Girton

Reducing flood risk in Girton

Friday, 12 September 2014

Work is starting on Monday 15 September 2014 to reduce the flood risk in Girton, Cambridgeshire....

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Refurbishment works are underway in King's Lynn

Refurbishment works are underway in King's Lynn

Friday, 12 September 2014

The Environment Agency has started refurbishment works in King's Lynn. ...

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Do you want to make a difference to flood risk in the South West? (2014)

Do you want to make a difference to flood risk in the South West? (2014)

Wednesday, 10 September 2014

Over five million people are at risk from the devastating effects of flooding in the UK, with thousands of properties at risk in the south west....

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Biggest coastal flood management scheme completed

Biggest coastal flood management scheme completed

Friday, 05 September 2014

UK’s biggest ever coastal realignment scheme at Steart, a joint project between WWT and Environment Agency, has been completed. ...

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Work begins on Exeter Flood Defence Scheme

Work begins on Exeter Flood Defence Scheme

Thursday, 04 September 2014

The first phase of Exeter’s £30 million flood defence scheme has begun this week with works to deepen the Trew’s flood relief channel. ...

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Thames Water fined £250,000 for polluting Newbury’s Chase Brook

Thames Water fined £250,000 for polluting Newbury’s Chase Brook

Tuesday, 02 September 2014

Thames Water has been fined £250,000 and ordered to pay costs of £6,887 for polluting the Chase Brook in Newbury....

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Fishing for a brighter future

Fishing for a brighter future

Monday, 01 September 2014

Young people encouraged to give fishing a go to boost their health and improve school performance. ...

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Time ticks for Norfolk coastal comments

Time ticks for Norfolk coastal comments

Friday, 29 August 2014

People on the coast between Hunstanton Cliffs and Wolferton Creek have just a week left to share their views on its future management....

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Environment Agency stages open morning on Somerset Levels

Environment Agency stages open morning on Somerset Levels

Thursday, 28 August 2014

The Environment Agency is staging a community open morning after passing the halfway point of dredging on the Somerset Moors and Levels. ...

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Flood sirens to be tested in Grimsby and Cleethorpes

Flood sirens to be tested in Grimsby and Cleethorpes

Wednesday, 27 August 2014

The Environment Agency will be carrying out annual testing of its flood warning sirens in Grimsby and Cleethorpes next week. ...

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Water voles return to every county in England

Water voles return to every county in England

Wednesday, 27 August 2014

Introduction of water voles to Cornwall sees them return to every county in England for the first time since 1989....

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Flood defence work starts at Broomhill Sands in Kent

Flood defence work starts at Broomhill Sands in Kent

Tuesday, 26 August 2014

Rocks are being delivered as work starts on the £30m scheme to protect 1,400 properties at Broomhill Sands Coastal Defence Scheme in Kent. ...

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Dredging on the Somerset Levels moves into final phase

Dredging on the Somerset Levels moves into final phase

Friday, 22 August 2014

The Environment Agency has dredged 4 km (8 km of river bank) of the Parrett and Tone and is now passing halfway in the dredging operation....

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Anglers' joy as grayling return to Leicestershire river

Anglers' joy as grayling return to Leicestershire river

Friday, 22 August 2014

Anglers on the River Sence in Leicestershire are excited after catching a species of fish which disappeared from the area over 40 years ago....

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£30 million project set to reduce flood risk in Kent

£30 million project set to reduce flood risk in Kent

Thursday, 21 August 2014

More than 1,400 properties between Camber and Lydd will benefit as work begins on the Broomhill Sands Coastal Defence Scheme in Kent....

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Disease infects native White clawed crayfish in River Allen

Disease infects native White clawed crayfish in River Allen

Thursday, 14 August 2014

Crayfish plague has been found on Dorset’s River Allen following an investigation by the Environment Agency and Dorset Wildlife Trust....

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