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Expert group told England has now experienced driest March, April and May since 1893.
Fully funded expert-led studies to assess water security on farms open for applications.
Farmers are turning flood challenges into environmental opportunities in this new documentary.
Delivering on the government’s Plan for Change, proposals will introduce a simplified approach benefitting poorer communities and speeding up project delivery
Innovative project sees nearly 23,000 protected glass eels transferred to the River Kennet.
Feedback wanted on environmental permits which propose leaving some low-level radioactive waste at the Dorset nuclear site as part of decommissioning.
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 bathing water.
Yorkshire Water has been fined £350,000 after one of its sewage pumping stations polluted a York watercourse.
Many reservoirs in the region are at historic low levels for the time of year
Works also include two new footbridges, a flood warning gauging station, and an innovative ultrasonic structure that allows fish and mammals to move freely.
New maps published showing nearly 17,000 reports of waste crime across England in 2023 and 2024, demonstrating offending is rife
The next phase of Hull’s Dynamic Drains project gets underway – helping to transform the city’s urban watercourses.
A father and son who assaulted 2 Environment Agency water bailiffs at a Shropshire fishery have been ordered to pay fines and costs totalling more than £12,000.
Environment Agency and Yorkshire and Humberside Regional Organised Crime Unit apprehend a 34-year-old man in Leeds
Flood response capabilities on display at Merseyside fire base
A Birmingham-based director and his company has been ordered to pay a Proceeds of Crime confiscation order, fines and costs totalling £476,995.
An illegal enterprise in catalytic converters has brought confiscation orders for £526,215.04, at a Proceeds of Crime Award hearing.
Mussel samples are a yardstick for coastal water quality. But with mussel numbers in decline, scientists are inventing new ways to sample waters.
The Somerset Prepared partnership is now taking nominations for its annual awards which celebrate people who help their communities deal with emergencies.
New crackdown is the largest criminal action against water companies in history.
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