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After recent flooding, which saw 18,000 properties protected during Storm Claudia, the Taskforce is focused on preparedness for the rest of winter.
An Environment Agency investigation into a large illegal waste site in Lincolnshire has resulted in several convictions and large donations to charity.
Above-average rainfall has put Bristol, Somerset, Dorset and part of south Gloucestershire into ‘recovery’ but part of Wiltshire still in prolonged dry weather.
Treve Young was sentenced to 22 weeks imprisonment suspended for 18 months and ordered to complete 100 hours unpaid work.
Communities are better protected from illegal waste operators following a successful year of roadside checks by the Environment Agency, police and partners.
A 56-year old man has been arrested during a day of action to tackle waste crime in Lancashire.
The Environment Agency has already begun preparations to ensure the site is cleared as soon as possible
GDA process enables regulators to assess new nuclear power station designs at an early stage of the regulatory process and to provide confidence that these new designs can be constructed, operated and decommissioned in Engla…
Yorkshire is moving into recovery status following drought as of 10 December 2025.
The Environment Agency wants to hear your views as South West Water seeks permission to process more sewage waste in St Mabyn, Cornwall.
Additional first-time offenders bring recent hearing payments to £27,541. More to come as summer patrols serve 68 notices.
Cutting-edge technology being used to help prepare for future droughts
The third year of construction on an Environment Agency flood defence scheme has been completed, resulting in 2300 properties being better protected.
Large-scale waste dumping in East Anglia, costing farmers more than £6,000 per incident to clear. Criminal gangs targeting farmland with lorry loads of waste.
More than 53,000 juvenile fish stocked into South East waters this winter. Fishing-licence income funds habitat improvements across the region.
Statement from the Environment Agency and Oxfordshire County Council, on behalf of the strategic communication group for illegally-dumped waste at Kidlington
New plan sets course for cleaner rivers and air, as well as more nature and wildlife in England
Partners including Environment Agency, Cherwell District Council, Oxfordshire County Council, and local emergency services provide update on Kidlington waste dump site
A new natural flood management scheme near Colchester, Essex is now completed, ready for winter.
Egdon Resources UK Limited has applied to the Environment Agency for an environmental permit.
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