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Family farm business charged over two pollution incidents in Devon and Somerset with nearly £20,000 paid out in total .
Farmers failed to properly store slurry in three separate cases, two of which led to pollution incidents.
There had been multiple pollution incidents involving the farm since 2012, but the defendant failed to increase slurry storage at the farm as required.
After pollution was discovered by an agency officer out walking his dog, the farmer paid charity but didn't deliver on promise to build extra slurry storage.
Thanks to our investigation, the money will go to the Westcountry Rivers Trust to improve migratory fish habitats.
Farmers are being urged not to take chances and gamble high-risk crops against a changing climate in Devon and Cornwall.
Wiltshire farmer Neil Dyke drove off with water samples taken of suspected pollution from his farm.
A faulty pipe leaked deadly fertiliser into River Witham, stretching 46km in ‘one of the largest environmental incidents ever recorded in Lincolnshire’.
Cornwall has seen 26 green projects - all aimed at tackling declining biodiversity and restoring its natural environment - delivered since the G7 conference.
A pioneering new fund to drive private investment in nature and tackle climate change has been awarded to 27 projects
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
A network of 20,000 farms are taking action to drive down water pollution and protect the environment
Tipping chemicals left over from his plant nursery business onto gravel ended up in a stream and killing hundreds of fish.
Natural England in partnership with the Environment Agency, Defra and local water companies unveils this year’s champion young farmers
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
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