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Environment Secretary Steve Reed approves purchase to allow new scheme to be built
Communities who campaigned to turn their favourite spots into official bathing waters asked to help the Environment Agency make them cleaner to swim in.
Environment Agency sampling of Devon and Cornwall's 155 monitored beaches has started and will run through until the end of September.
Environment Agency monitoring of the 56 designated bathing waters between Highcliffe and Hastings Pelham have started ahead of summer.
The Environment Agency will be testing water quality more than 7000 times during the season
The Environment Agency has successfully prosecuted a Lincolnshire man for running an illegal waste site at Thorpe Farm, Skendleby, in East Lindsey.
Quarry director let waste mountains pile up way beyond legal amount. Enough waste at one site to nearly fill the Royal Albert Hall 3 times
Sand will be topped up on beaches between Saltfleet and Gibraltar Point to reduce the risk of flooding for Lincolnshire’s coastal communities.
Driest start to spring in 69 years across England.
The Environment Agency has launched a consultation into its ‘minded to’ decision to issue a permit to a Teesside incinerator.
The Environment Agency has issued a warning against unauthorised building near rivers and flood defences in Bassetlaw, North Nottinghamshire.
Waste criminals, fly-tippers and cowboy waste operators to have vehicles seized and crushed
New laws in force today mark the toughest sentencing powers against law-breaking water executives in history.
A 42-year-old man was caught red-handed by Environment Agency officers when he attempted to use a cast net without permission on a canal in South Yorkshire.
Environment Agency officers, together with West Yorkshire Police, have been undertaking site checks at the Mineral Processing Ltd site.
A company and its director have been fined for ignoring Environment Agency warnings to stop burning waste on rural land in West Yorkshire.
Dunball Sluice - a vital flood defence asset near Bridgwater - has been successfully refurbished by the Environment Agency.
New Chair of the Audit and Risk Assurance Committee named, as three board members reappointed
Environment Agency launches consultation on cost recovery for water company enforcement activities.
New floating pontoon with improved moorings for boaters created, increasing accessibility for all boat users.
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