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Thornbury angler caught fishing without rod licence near Oxford

Thornbury angler caught fishing without rod licence near Oxford

Friday, 13 September 2024

Fishing near Oxford without a rod licence has left a Thornbury man over £300 poorer. ...

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Canford Magna incinerator permit sought by MVV Environment Ltd

Canford Magna incinerator permit sought by MVV Environment Ltd

Friday, 13 September 2024

This is our first consultation on plans for the proposed site. We will consider issues around any likely impact on human health and the environment...

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Planning permission granted for Kendal flood defence work

Planning permission granted for Kendal flood defence work

Thursday, 12 September 2024

The improvements to New Road flood defence work in Kendal were made following feedback from the community and through consultation. ...

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Kaug Refinery Services application for environmental permit

Kaug Refinery Services application for environmental permit

Wednesday, 11 September 2024

The Environment Agency has launched a consultation for an environmental permit application in Redditch, Worcestershire for a small-scale refinery faci...

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Illegal waste site in Surrey closed down by Environment Agency

Illegal waste site in Surrey closed down by Environment Agency

Sunday, 08 September 2024

Investigators obtain court order to block access to site blighted by waste as probe to find out who dumped it continues....

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2 prosecuted for running illegal waste tyre site

2 prosecuted for running illegal waste tyre site

Friday, 06 September 2024

2 people have been sentenced after pleading guilty to running an illegal waste tyre site in Daventry, Northamptonshire, following an investigation by ...

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Firm and Director guilty of illegal catalytic converter trading

Firm and Director guilty of illegal catalytic converter trading

Friday, 06 September 2024

Platinum Group Metals Recycling Ltd and its only director, Edvars Stancik, have been found guilty of illegally trading in catalytic convertors in Linc...

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Environment Agency prepares for winter at flood awareness event

Environment Agency prepares for winter at flood awareness event

Friday, 06 September 2024

The Environment Agency’s flood resilience team is hosting a drop-in event in Guildford to help raise awareness of local flood-risk. ...

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Birmingham company admits failing to clear 4,000 tonnes of waste

Birmingham company admits failing to clear 4,000 tonnes of waste

Thursday, 05 September 2024

Environment Agency prosecutes property company for failing to comply with order. Landlords left to clear up waste....

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Calstock flood risk cut and new habitat created

Calstock flood risk cut and new habitat created

Tuesday, 03 September 2024

The Cornish village is at less risk of flooding and now has 11 hectares of new intertidal habitat where wildlife is thriving, with new and returning s...

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Suspected Dorset waste crime site sparks multi agency operation

Suspected Dorset waste crime site sparks multi agency operation

Monday, 02 September 2024

The Environment Agency and others are looking into evidence of potential waste crime found at a site near Verwood, Wimborne....

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Completion of Lydd Ranges sea defence scheme

Completion of Lydd Ranges sea defence scheme

Thursday, 29 August 2024

Lydd and Romney Marsh better protected from flooding for the next 25 years. £40 million project on MoD firing range defences completed inside 4-years ...

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Environment Agency investigation sees three individuals convicted for dumping 26,000 tonnes of illegal waste

Environment Agency investigation sees three individuals convicted for dumping 26,000 tonnes of illegal waste

Wednesday, 28 August 2024

Three prosecuted for large-scale illegal waste dumps across country as part of Environment Agency-led Operation Cesium...

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Telford company makes £66,000 contribution to wildlife trust

Telford company makes £66,000 contribution to wildlife trust

Wednesday, 28 August 2024

Rosewood Pet Products has made a financial contribution of £66,149.57 to a local charity after failing to comply with packaging waste regulations....

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Pulfin Causeway Repair Project

Pulfin Causeway Repair Project

Friday, 23 August 2024

The Environment Agency is working with Yorkshire Wildlife Trust (YWT) to restore access to Pulfin Bog Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)....

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Environment Agency urges property and landowners to be vigilant in stopping waste criminals

Environment Agency urges property and landowners to be vigilant in stopping waste criminals

Wednesday, 21 August 2024

Environment Agency warns property and landowners to secure premises against criminals who dump illegally collected waste...

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West Midlands company gives £100,000 to Nature Recovery Project

West Midlands company gives £100,000 to Nature Recovery Project

Tuesday, 20 August 2024

The Environment Agency has accepted an Enforcement Undertaking from a West Midlands waste operator following a fire that occurred in September 2022....

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The Water Vole has made Hull Road Park its new home

The Water Vole has made Hull Road Park its new home

Tuesday, 20 August 2024

After 30 years of decline and no official recordings ever in Hull Road Park, the Water Vole has made the park in York its home. ...

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Tiverton company pays £24,000 for not complying with regulations

Tiverton company pays £24,000 for not complying with regulations

Tuesday, 20 August 2024

Tiverton security company, Kaba Ltd, is to pay more than £24,000 to an environmental charity for failing to comply with packaging waste regulations....

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Chearsley Wetland – a thriving new habitat
on River Thame

Chearsley Wetland – a thriving new habitat on River Thame

Tuesday, 20 August 2024

Partnership project transforms 17 hectares of floodplain grassland into complex wetland habitat at Manor Farm. Flourishing wildlife and flood manageme...

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Chemical spill in Walsall

Chemical spill in Walsall

Friday, 16 August 2024

The public have been asked to avoid an area of the Walsall canal in the West Midlands following a chemical spill ...

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£12 million Cockett Wick seawall improvement scheme completed

£12 million Cockett Wick seawall improvement scheme completed

Thursday, 15 August 2024

The Cockett Wick seawall improvement scheme has been completed, ensuring 3,000 homes and businesses in Jaywick are better protected from tidal floodin...

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Budweiser Budvar pays charity £414,000 for recycling failure

Budweiser Budvar pays charity £414,000 for recycling failure

Wednesday, 14 August 2024

Environment Agency investigation discovers beer importer had been an unregistered producer of packaging for 18 years....

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Swanton Lane site closed down by the Environment Agency

Swanton Lane site closed down by the Environment Agency

Monday, 12 August 2024

Restriction order granted at Maidstone magistrates' court. Access to the premises is forbidden at all times. ...

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Reckitt Benckiser make charity payment for breach of Regulations

Reckitt Benckiser make charity payment for breach of Regulations

Monday, 12 August 2024

Enforcement Undertaking accepted to address a breach of Environmental Permitting Regulations which led to the death of almost 400 fish....

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New Aquagreen reduces flood risk for hundreds east of Hulll

New Aquagreen reduces flood risk for hundreds east of Hulll

Thursday, 08 August 2024

The Environment Agency completes a new flood risk management project to better protect hundreds of homes and businesses on the east side of Hull from ...

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Environment Agency launches Flood Warning Service in Charnwood

Environment Agency launches Flood Warning Service in Charnwood

Wednesday, 07 August 2024

The new service will benefit close to 700 properties with flood warnings helping residents and businesses knowing what action to take in event of a ...

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New River Medway bridge constructed with low carbon materials

New River Medway bridge constructed with low carbon materials

Tuesday, 06 August 2024

Old recycled fishing nets provide fibre-reinforced polymer. Lower maintenance needed than for conventional materials. Improved river access to Twyford...

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Pioneering project uses nature to reduce flood risk in Weardale

Pioneering project uses nature to reduce flood risk in Weardale

Friday, 02 August 2024

Flood protection: A pioneering Environment Agency-led natural flood management scheme to bolster flood protection of County Durham communities is comp...

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Report released into shingle ridge on West Norfolk coast

Report released into shingle ridge on West Norfolk coast

Friday, 02 August 2024

The Environment Agency has released a report on the ongoing work to understand the future management of the Norfolk coast between Snettisham and Heach...

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