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Tuesday, 13 July 2021
Latest annual report by the Environment Agency shows that despite improvements, certain water companies are still failing in their duty to the environ...
Monday, 12 July 2021
The Environment Agency has successfully prosecuted Edima Holdings Ltd, a Tamworth potato processing company, for causing a pollution which killed over...
Friday, 09 July 2021
Southern Water sentenced to pay record £90 million in fines for widespread pollution after pleading guilty to 6,971 unpermitted sewage discharges....
Friday, 09 July 2021
Stephen Fenwick has been handed a suspended prison sentence following an Environment Agency investigation. ...
Thursday, 08 July 2021
A scrap metal exporter and a middle-man broker have been told to pay over £800,000 for taking advantage of a quarry that became an illegal tipping sit...
Wednesday, 07 July 2021
166 spot checks were carried out while, in addition, five people were also reported for lighting a large barbecue....
Wednesday, 07 July 2021
Man fined for illegal dumping of waste in Raynes Park following tip-off from local resident....
Wednesday, 07 July 2021
Multi-agency operation to curtail the activities of a convicted criminal in Worcestershire....
Thursday, 01 July 2021
Waters around weirs, sluices, locks and pumping stations can be dangerous....
Wednesday, 30 June 2021
A naval base is seeking permission to change the way it disposes of rainwater contaminated by trace amounts of radioactivity at its Plymouth dockyard....
Wednesday, 30 June 2021
Environment Agency Chair Emma Howard Boyd speaks about water scarcity at the WWT event 'Water Security in a Changing Environment' ...
Wednesday, 30 June 2021
A Bristol man has been prosecuted for fly-tipping waste in Avonmouth by the Environment Agency after being caught on CCTV....
Monday, 28 June 2021
More than 400 fish were killed because a Dorset farm owner was unaware effluent from his silage clamp was discharging into a river....
Friday, 25 June 2021
Clampdown saw 10 traders suspected of selling without the correct permissions in place having their eBay accounts suspended. ...
Thursday, 24 June 2021
The Environment Agency has accepted an Enforcement Undertaking from a Worcestershire-based fresh mushroom supplier who broke packaging regulations....
Wednesday, 23 June 2021
Multi-agency action checks waste collectors are complying with the law....
Wednesday, 23 June 2021
Plants, fish, birds and other animals in the Ant Valley to benefit from up to three billion litres of water being returned to the environment...
Monday, 21 June 2021
East Anglian Resources goes into liquidation ahead of court sentencing for dust and fire prevention failings. ...
Monday, 21 June 2021
The natural environment along Bradford Beck has had a welcome boost now a three year river restoration project is complete....
Friday, 18 June 2021
Conservation milestone reached as 30 hazel dormice are released into Lancashire as part of national reintroduction programme and local ‘Back on our Ma...
Friday, 18 June 2021
Each of 7 boaters pays hefty fine and court costs for failing to register their vessels....
Thursday, 17 June 2021
An Essex farm has donated £25,000 to a wildlife charity after abstracting water during a period of dry weather. ...
Thursday, 17 June 2021
Burst water mains contaminated Billing Brook in Northampton and Willow Brook in Corby....
Thursday, 17 June 2021
The Environment Agency is reminding operators to take precautions to ensure the correct processes are in place when spreading on land. ...
Wednesday, 16 June 2021
The new coarse fishing season on rivers commences after a 3-month close season....
Wednesday, 16 June 2021
The Environment Agency has released thousands of young grayling into the region's rivers to give stocks a boost and offer more opportunities for angle...
Tuesday, 15 June 2021
15,000 trees have been planted in Keighley to reduce flood risk and mitigate climate change as part of a Natural Flood Management Programme which aims...
Monday, 14 June 2021
Company wants to explore site in Arreton for three years...
Friday, 11 June 2021
Chair Emma Howard Boyd receives CBE as one of four EA awardees....
Friday, 11 June 2021
BRC Haulage Ltd and its director fined for moving waste in and out of illegal Northampton waste site....