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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
Government and Environment Agency outline action to further improve bathing water quality.
Executive summary of quality assurance (QA) visit to Bristol, Bath and Weston abdominal aortic aneurysm screening programme held on 6 July 2016.
This external quality assessment (EQA) scheme is suitable for laboratories that routinely monitor recreational and surface water.
Current list of designated bathing waters in England.
Updates make the guidance for applying for bathing water designation clearer and more streamlined for applicants
Executive summary of quality assurance (QA) visit to Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire held on 29 January 2019.
2022 Bathing Water Compliance results.
How Defra will use your personal information when you submit an application for a site to be designated or de-designated as a bathing water.
Details of bathing water quality for 2019
Southern Region, Judge Tildesley OBE, Mr M Ayres FRICS and Mr M Jenkinson on 11 November 2022
Product recall for Vernacare wetwipes and personal cleansing products, including bedbaths, shampoo caps, wash mitts, cleansing wipes and barrier cloths, presenting a risk of microbiological contamination due to the detection of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa.
External quality assessment (EQA) scheme suitable for laboratories that routinely monitor recreational and surface water.
Seeking views on plans to remove Newhaven from the list of bathing waters designated under the Bathing Water Directive (2006/7/EC).
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