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David Mitchell convicted for covering road with potatoes and silt

David Mitchell convicted for covering road with potatoes and silt

Tuesday, 24 June 2025

Huge loss of soil from potato field costs farmer over £40,000 for polluting river, with potatoes and silt escaping into the road....

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New study looks for ways to help River Itchen salmon reach sea

New study looks for ways to help River Itchen salmon reach sea

Monday, 23 June 2025

The Environment Agency and partners are looking for ways to improve fish passage past barriers and restore the lower River Itchen by Southampton....

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2 brothers and father pay over £50,000 in confiscation orders

2 brothers and father pay over £50,000 in confiscation orders

Tuesday, 17 June 2025

The Environment Agency has successfully secured confiscation orders for over £50,000 for storing illegal material on a site in Skegness, Lincolnshire....

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Environment Agency Chair Alan Lovell visits Hampshire coast

Environment Agency Chair Alan Lovell visits Hampshire coast

Tuesday, 17 June 2025

The visit included viewing key sites on the Hurst Spit to Lymington coastline and meeting local campaigners to discuss climate adaptation....

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England faces 5 billion litre public water shortage by 2055 without urgent action

England faces 5 billion litre public water shortage by 2055 without urgent action

Monday, 16 June 2025

England faces 5 billion litre a day shortfall for public water supplies by 2055 – and a further 1 billion litre a day deficit for wider economy....

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Working in partnership to improve the River Mimram

Working in partnership to improve the River Mimram

Friday, 13 June 2025

Catchment based approach to improve a rare and precious chalk stream, Initiative to bring farmer and landowners together to benefit the Mimram....

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Yorkshire second region in England to move into drought status

Yorkshire second region in England to move into drought status

Thursday, 12 June 2025

Yorkshire has become the second region to enter drought status following the driest spring in 132 years....

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MVV Environmental gets permit for Canford energy from waste site

MVV Environmental gets permit for Canford energy from waste site

Wednesday, 11 June 2025

Environmental permit sets out strict conditions on operation of the proposed site at Poole in Dorset...

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Officers start digging into hazardous waste soil crime

Officers start digging into hazardous waste soil crime

Wednesday, 11 June 2025

Hauliers in Devon and Cornwall will be asked for more detail on how they deal with waste soils....

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Consultation launched into permit ‘minded to’ decision

Consultation launched into permit ‘minded to’ decision

Friday, 06 June 2025

The Environment Agency has launched a consultation into its ‘minded to’ decision to issue a permit to a Bury landfill....

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Environment Agency revokes Yorkshire waste site permit

Environment Agency revokes Yorkshire waste site permit

Thursday, 05 June 2025

The Environment Agency has served a notice to revoke the environmental permit for a waste site in West Yorkshire....

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National Drought Group meets after driest spring in 132 years

National Drought Group meets after driest spring in 132 years

Thursday, 05 June 2025

Expert group told England has now experienced driest March, April and May since 1893. ...

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Government funds scheme to tackle on farm drought risk

Government funds scheme to tackle on farm drought risk

Wednesday, 04 June 2025

Fully funded expert-led studies to assess water security on farms open for applications....

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'Farming the Flood' shows Dartmoor farmers adapting to nature

'Farming the Flood' shows Dartmoor farmers adapting to nature

Wednesday, 04 June 2025

Farmers are turning flood challenges into environmental opportunities in this new documentary....

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Pilot restocking project boosts rare glass eels in the Kennet

Pilot restocking project boosts rare glass eels in the Kennet

Tuesday, 03 June 2025

Innovative project sees nearly 23,000 protected glass eels transferred to the River Kennet. ...

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Winfrith nuclear site: Have your say on decommissioning permits

Winfrith nuclear site: Have your say on decommissioning permits

Tuesday, 03 June 2025

Feedback wanted on environmental permits which propose leaving some low-level radioactive waste at the Dorset nuclear site as part of decommissioning....

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Quiz the water experts about Taunton's bathing water quality

Quiz the water experts about Taunton's bathing water quality

Monday, 02 June 2025

Fancied a dip in the River Tone but unsure about its water quality? Come and ask your questions and share any concerns about the French Weir Park bath...

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Yorkshire Water fined after pumping station sewage incident

Yorkshire Water fined after pumping station sewage incident

Friday, 30 May 2025

Yorkshire Water has been fined £350,000 after one of its sewage pumping stations polluted a York watercourse. ...

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Drought declared in north west of England

Drought declared in north west of England

Thursday, 29 May 2025

Many reservoirs in the region are at historic low levels for the time of year...

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River Gade returns to its natural course through Gadebridge Park

River Gade returns to its natural course through Gadebridge Park

Wednesday, 28 May 2025

Works also include two new footbridges, a flood warning gauging station, and an innovative ultrasonic structure that allows fish and mammals to move f...

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Public urged to report suspected waste crime as new heatmaps published

Public urged to report suspected waste crime as new heatmaps published

Tuesday, 27 May 2025

New maps published showing nearly 17,000 reports of waste crime across England in 2023 and 2024, demonstrating offending is rife...

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Next phase of Hull water project brings boost to wildlife

Next phase of Hull water project brings boost to wildlife

Friday, 23 May 2025

The next phase of Hull’s Dynamic Drains project gets underway – helping to transform the city’s urban watercourses....

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Leeds man arrested in recycling fraud investigation

Leeds man arrested in recycling fraud investigation

Friday, 23 May 2025

Environment Agency and Yorkshire and Humberside Regional Organised Crime Unit apprehend a 34-year-old man in Leeds...

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Waste packaging company director pays high price in data fraud

Waste packaging company director pays high price in data fraud

Wednesday, 21 May 2025

A Birmingham-based director and his company has been ordered to pay a Proceeds of Crime confiscation order, fines and costs totalling £476,995.  ...

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Environment Agency secures over £526K in Proceeds of Crime case

Environment Agency secures over £526K in Proceeds of Crime case

Wednesday, 21 May 2025

An illegal enterprise in catalytic converters has brought confiscation orders for £526,215.04, at a Proceeds of Crime Award hearing....

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Environment Agency scientists seek new ways to save mussel power

Environment Agency scientists seek new ways to save mussel power

Wednesday, 21 May 2025

Mussel samples are a yardstick for coastal water quality. But with mussel numbers in decline, scientists are inventing new ways to sample waters. ...

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Somerset Prepared Community Resilience Awards   nominations open

Somerset Prepared Community Resilience Awards nominations open

Tuesday, 20 May 2025

The Somerset Prepared partnership is now taking nominations for its annual awards which celebrate people who help their communities deal with emergenc...

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West Country water lovers urged to lend a hand to bathing waters

West Country water lovers urged to lend a hand to bathing waters

Thursday, 15 May 2025

Communities who campaigned to turn their favourite spots into official bathing waters asked to help the Environment Agency make them cleaner to swim i...

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Environment Agency starts sampling Devon and Cornwall's beaches

Environment Agency starts sampling Devon and Cornwall's beaches

Thursday, 15 May 2025

Environment Agency sampling of Devon and Cornwall's 155 monitored beaches has started and will run through until the end of September.  ...

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New bathing water season for Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Sussex

New bathing water season for Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Sussex

Thursday, 15 May 2025

Environment Agency monitoring of the 56 designated bathing waters between Highcliffe and Hastings Pelham have started ahead of summer. ...

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