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Thursday, 18 November 2021
Essential maintenance to reduce the risk of flooding from the River Skerne through Darlington town centre in the North East has started this week. ...
Wednesday, 17 November 2021
The Environment Agency has been trialling a new piece of equipment in Essex to help reduce flood risk to homes and businesses....
Wednesday, 17 November 2021
The flood warning sirens have sounded as part of a test to ensure they are working effectively and to help communities be prepared for flooding this w...
Tuesday, 16 November 2021
Speaking at an event hosted by the Association of Foreign Banks, Sir James Bevan warned that banks which failed to divest from coal and oil would be l...
Tuesday, 16 November 2021
Speech by Sir James Bevan, Chief Executive of the Environment Agency, to the Association of Foreign Banks, 16 November 2021...
Tuesday, 16 November 2021
Cleaning chemicals spilled into a brook on the Suffolk/Cambridgeshire border after a Haverhill business failed to take reasonable care of its operatio...
Tuesday, 16 November 2021
Peter Outlaw, 36, has been banned from dealing in most forms of waste and ordered to pay more than £5,000 for illegally storing and burning mixed wast...
Monday, 15 November 2021
The Environment Agency has completed work on the Leominster flood risk management scheme which will help to protect hundreds of homes from the devasta...
Monday, 15 November 2021
The Environment Agency was joined by East Devon District Council and local volunteers to test the procedure for closing the flood gates....
Thursday, 11 November 2021
Rickman brothers failed to remove end of life vehicles from scrap yard operating without a permit....
Wednesday, 10 November 2021
Medmerry managed realignment project successfully pilots the IUCN's new Global Standard for Nature-based Solutions...
Tuesday, 09 November 2021
New upgraded flood maps for all reservoirs in England provide a more accurate picture of flood risk...
Tuesday, 09 November 2021
Stoke St Gregory farmer Ben Hembrow has been ordered to pay £11,000 for polluting a watercourse with slurry in 3 separate incidents for the second tim...
Tuesday, 09 November 2021
A Dereham garage proprietor has received a suspended prison sentence for storing waste illegally, despite repeated warnings from the Environment Agenc...
Monday, 08 November 2021
The Boston Barrier is scheduled to close on 7 November in response to forecast high tides, the Environment Agency has announced....
Monday, 08 November 2021
Successful first trial run of unique temporary flood barrier across Newhaven railway. ...
Friday, 05 November 2021
The Environment Agency worked with the Norwich Bat Group to install a wildlife receiver station at Benacre Pumping Station....
Friday, 05 November 2021
Three new environmental handbooks set out best practice for coastal restoration projects....
Friday, 05 November 2021
Environmental organisations have joined forces to investigate why thousands of dead crabs and lobsters have washed up along the North East coast....
Thursday, 04 November 2021
The Calderdale Flood Action Plan is five years old this month and to acknowledge this important milestone, the Environment Agency, Calderdale Council ...
Thursday, 04 November 2021
A Gloucestershire fisherman who lured valuable elvers into his illegally-placed fishing net instead caught a 5-figure legal bill....
Thursday, 04 November 2021
Community group hailed as best practice example of using Natural Flood Management techniques to reduce flood risk....
Thursday, 04 November 2021
The Environment Agency in the North West is preparing for winter with a series of training exercises to make sure they are ready to respond to flood i...
Monday, 01 November 2021
Only clean, non-commercial waste should be burned like paper, untreated wood and cardboard....
Friday, 29 October 2021
Flood warnings and alerts are in place in large parts of the north, southwest and southern England...
Wednesday, 27 October 2021
Land Trust charity benefits by £30,000 to improve environment....
Friday, 22 October 2021
Businesses, charities, local authorities and general public among those encouraged to have their say on draft plans to improve England’s rivers and fo...
Friday, 22 October 2021
Chair of the Environment Agency, Emma Howard Boyd, speaks at The Energy Law Institute’s Annual Clifford Chance Lecture ...
Thursday, 21 October 2021
Risk reduced for 150 properties, 3,000 hectares, and vital infrastructure....
Thursday, 21 October 2021
Sikh festivals are at the heart of a diversity project encouraging sustainable behaviour changes during faith-based celebrations....
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Air Accidents Investigation Branch The AAIB has dispatched a team to Dunkeswell Airfield, Devon
UK Health Security Agency UKHSA extends red heat-health alerts across England
Security Industry Authority SIA inspections uncover public safety risks in night-time economy