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The Environment Agency is a non-departmental public body responsible for protecting and improving the environment in England. It focuses on flood risk management, pollution control, water resources, and conservation to ensure sustainable development and environmental protection.
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Wednesday, 01 April 2026
A crooked family who ran an illegal waste site in Lincolnshire must pay a total of nearly £67,000 in confiscation orders, following a Proceeds of Crim...
Tuesday, 31 March 2026
GDA process enables regulators to assess new nuclear power station designs at an early stage of the regulatory process ...
Monday, 30 March 2026
Environment Agency completes record number of water company inspections driving improved performance across the sector...
Monday, 30 March 2026
Environment Agency water enforcement team increases by almost fivefold since 2023...
Monday, 30 March 2026
Spring coastal defence works are under way in Sussex, shifting shingle and installing £250,000 of timber to protect 3,000 homes through 2027. ...
Friday, 27 March 2026
A North Yorkshire farmer is sentenced for allowing waste to be dumped on his land following Environment Agency prosecution....
Friday, 27 March 2026
The operator of a waste site that has caused misery for locals has had its environmental permit revoked following day of action. ...
Thursday, 26 March 2026
Early morning raid sees man arrested for packaging fraud and money laundering offences ...
Thursday, 26 March 2026
New data published today by the Environment Agency shows a significant reduction in both the number and duration of storm overflow spills across Engla...
Tuesday, 24 March 2026
Agencies from across Greater Manchester joined forces for the region's first waste crime summit, strengthening the collective fight against illegal ac...
Tuesday, 24 March 2026
Smart signs which answer questions about bathing waters are now at Goring Beach, Worthing and Worthing Beach House. ...
Monday, 23 March 2026
Heavy rainfall sees water levels recover across England with all areas now back to normal status ...
Friday, 20 March 2026
Environment Agency obtains a restriction order for site on Haine Industrial Estate. Court order prohibits anyone from entering the site without permis...
Friday, 20 March 2026
A large construction vehicle and a HGV lorry were seized yesterday (Thursday 19 March) during a joint operation at Throckmorton Industrial Park, Worce...
Tuesday, 17 March 2026
£830m in funding for flood schemes for 2026/27 to improve protection for tens of thousands of homes and businesses – part of record investment of at l...
Monday, 16 March 2026
The Environment Agency has replaced a culvert and added a playground to Mousehole School in Cornwall....
Friday, 13 March 2026
A second arrest has been made as an investigation into suspected illegal waste dumping in Liverpool continues. ...
Friday, 13 March 2026
The water firm admits 18 charges of water pollution in Devon and Cornwall and sentencing is expected on 4 June 2026....
Friday, 13 March 2026
Perenco UK Ltd has been made to spend £6.1m putting right the damage done, in a package which includes big payouts to impacted parties and local good ...
Friday, 13 March 2026
The £1 million project has been announced to protect Minehead, Somerset from coastal flooding....
Thursday, 12 March 2026
Michael Wade was charged on two counts of illegal water discharge activity. He was fined £340 and is to pay costs of £4,302. ...
Wednesday, 11 March 2026
Imerys Minerals Limited has paid £430,000 to the West Country Rivers Trust, to be used to restore water quality and improve fish migration. ...
Wednesday, 11 March 2026
Environment Agency plans to remove blight in time for new season “Sunk, wrecked, abandoned – they’ve got to go” says Deputy Director of Navigation ...
Tuesday, 10 March 2026
JD Spencer Farm Partnership was fined £7,000 and £8,944 of legal costs after two slurry pollution incidents impacted the Bristol Avon river. ...
Friday, 06 March 2026
The Environment Agency has opened a consultation into its ‘minded to’ decision to grant a permit variation to Angus Fire Limited in North Yorkshire....
Thursday, 05 March 2026
The Environment Agency has delivered a flood risk management scheme on Sandon Road, Stafford, giving residents better flood resilience after years of ...
Thursday, 05 March 2026
A Birmingham skip hire company has been ordered to pay £9,495.50 for disobeying a magistrates’ court order to remove all waste from a site....
Tuesday, 03 March 2026
Mineral Processing Ltd at South Elmsall has had its environmental permit revoked after the Planning Inspectorate dismissed an appeal from the operator...
Tuesday, 03 March 2026
These will support Dorset and Wiltshire residents coping with groundwater flooding and promote the response and recovery to flooding in Somerset....
Monday, 02 March 2026
There had been multiple pollution incidents involving the farm since 2012, but the defendant failed to increase slurry storage at the farm as required...
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Environment Agency Waste criminals to pay over £67,000 in confiscation orders
HM Revenue & Customs Valuation Office joins HM Revenue and Customs
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