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The Environment Agency has moved Sussex into a state of prolonged dry weather, joining Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
Change of status because of the environmental impact created by a lack of rainfall and high temperatures.
The Environment Agency is taking action to protect water supplies and wildlife in the Midlands as dry weather continues to place pressure on river levels.
Parts of southern, central, and eastern England move closer to drought status
The Environment Agency has secured £517,000 from United Utilities for sewage discharge breaches into the River Tame, funding environmental improvements.
Beaches forced to close, local trade hit, equipment failure and lack of oversight by company.
The Environment Agency has closed down a waste site in County Durham after reports of illegal dumping on protected land.
The Environment Agency has served a suspension notice on the operators of Seaton Meadows landfill site in Seaton Carew.
The Environment Agency is moving the area into a state of prolonged dry weather after England’s warmest spring on record and a series of summer heatwaves.
The Environment Agency has served revocation notices to the operators of two waste sites that have repeatedly breached permit conditions.
The Environment Agency has told South West Water it should pursue appropriate sewage treatment for the Isles of Scilly.
Southern Water has pleaded guilty after the Environment Agency found a dark plume of pollution from one of its sites in a Hampshire chalk stream.
The Environment Agency has led a major multi-agency operation to tackle waste crime in Cumbria.
It's 5 years since the 2021 flash floods that affected 24 boroughs and over 2,000 properties, including homes, schools, hospitals, and Underground stations.
Housing company Taylor Wimpey UK Ltd has been sentenced for polluting a North East stream following an Environment Agency investigation.
Residents will have the opportunity to ask questions following the release of the UKHSA public health risk assessment this week
Environment Agency and West Cumbria Rivers Trust work together to translocate salmon fry upstream of How Beck after reducing barriers to fish migration.
The Environment Agency, in partnership with Isle of Wight Council, are launching ground investigations this summer
The Environment Agency has changed the status of parts of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight to prolonged dry weather
The Environment Agency has seized an HGV as part of its investigation into an illegal waste site in Bradford.
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