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Government funds scheme to tackle on farm drought risk

Government funds scheme to tackle on farm drought risk

Wednesday, 04 June 2025

Fully funded expert-led studies to assess water security on farms open for applications....

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'Farming the Flood' shows Dartmoor farmers adapting to nature

'Farming the Flood' shows Dartmoor farmers adapting to nature

Wednesday, 04 June 2025

Farmers are turning flood challenges into environmental opportunities in this new documentary....

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Pilot restocking project boosts rare glass eels in the Kennet

Pilot restocking project boosts rare glass eels in the Kennet

Tuesday, 03 June 2025

Innovative project sees nearly 23,000 protected glass eels transferred to the River Kennet. ...

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Winfrith nuclear site: Have your say on decommissioning permits

Winfrith nuclear site: Have your say on decommissioning permits

Tuesday, 03 June 2025

Feedback wanted on environmental permits which propose leaving some low-level radioactive waste at the Dorset nuclear site as part of decommissioning....

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Quiz the water experts about Taunton's bathing water quality

Quiz the water experts about Taunton's bathing water quality

Monday, 02 June 2025

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 bath...

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Yorkshire Water fined after pumping station sewage incident

Yorkshire Water fined after pumping station sewage incident

Friday, 30 May 2025

Yorkshire Water has been fined £350,000 after one of its sewage pumping stations polluted a York watercourse. ...

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Drought declared in north west of England

Drought declared in north west of England

Thursday, 29 May 2025

Many reservoirs in the region are at historic low levels for the time of year...

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River Gade returns to its natural course through Gadebridge Park

River Gade returns to its natural course through Gadebridge Park

Wednesday, 28 May 2025

Works also include two new footbridges, a flood warning gauging station, and an innovative ultrasonic structure that allows fish and mammals to move f...

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Public urged to report suspected waste crime as new heatmaps published

Public urged to report suspected waste crime as new heatmaps published

Tuesday, 27 May 2025

New maps published showing nearly 17,000 reports of waste crime across England in 2023 and 2024, demonstrating offending is rife...

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Next phase of Hull water project brings boost to wildlife

Next phase of Hull water project brings boost to wildlife

Friday, 23 May 2025

The next phase of Hull’s Dynamic Drains project gets underway – helping to transform the city’s urban watercourses....

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Leeds man arrested in recycling fraud investigation

Leeds man arrested in recycling fraud investigation

Friday, 23 May 2025

Environment Agency and Yorkshire and Humberside Regional Organised Crime Unit apprehend a 34-year-old man in Leeds...

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Waste packaging company director pays high price in data fraud

Waste packaging company director pays high price in data fraud

Wednesday, 21 May 2025

A Birmingham-based director and his company has been ordered to pay a Proceeds of Crime confiscation order, fines and costs totalling £476,995.  ...

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Environment Agency secures over £526K in Proceeds of Crime case

Environment Agency secures over £526K in Proceeds of Crime case

Wednesday, 21 May 2025

An illegal enterprise in catalytic converters has brought confiscation orders for £526,215.04, at a Proceeds of Crime Award hearing....

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Environment Agency scientists seek new ways to save mussel power

Environment Agency scientists seek new ways to save mussel power

Wednesday, 21 May 2025

Mussel samples are a yardstick for coastal water quality. But with mussel numbers in decline, scientists are inventing new ways to sample waters. ...

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Somerset Prepared Community Resilience Awards   nominations open

Somerset Prepared Community Resilience Awards nominations open

Tuesday, 20 May 2025

The Somerset Prepared partnership is now taking nominations for its annual awards which celebrate people who help their communities deal with emergenc...

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West Country water lovers urged to lend a hand to bathing waters

West Country water lovers urged to lend a hand to bathing waters

Thursday, 15 May 2025

Communities who campaigned to turn their favourite spots into official bathing waters asked to help the Environment Agency make them cleaner to swim i...

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Environment Agency starts sampling Devon and Cornwall's beaches

Environment Agency starts sampling Devon and Cornwall's beaches

Thursday, 15 May 2025

Environment Agency sampling of Devon and Cornwall's 155 monitored beaches has started and will run through until the end of September.  ...

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New bathing water season for Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Sussex

New bathing water season for Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Sussex

Thursday, 15 May 2025

Environment Agency monitoring of the 56 designated bathing waters between Highcliffe and Hastings Pelham have started ahead of summer. ...

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Bathing water season in England begins as applications re open

Bathing water season in England begins as applications re open

Wednesday, 14 May 2025

The Environment Agency will be testing water quality more than 7000 times during the season...

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Man given suspended jail term for illegal Lincolnshire waste site

Man given suspended jail term for illegal Lincolnshire waste site

Monday, 12 May 2025

The Environment Agency has successfully prosecuted a Lincolnshire man for running an illegal waste site at Thorpe Farm, Skendleby, in East Lindsey....

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Hertfordshire waste boss to pay £79,000 gained from illegal sites

Hertfordshire waste boss to pay £79,000 gained from illegal sites

Friday, 09 May 2025

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 ...

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£7m beach management scheme reduces flood risk in Lincolnshire

£7m beach management scheme reduces flood risk in Lincolnshire

Friday, 09 May 2025

Sand will be topped up on beaches between Saltfleet and Gibraltar Point to reduce the risk of flooding for Lincolnshire’s coastal communities....

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EA steps up dry weather prep after driest spring start since 1956

EA steps up dry weather prep after driest spring start since 1956

Wednesday, 07 May 2025

Driest start to spring in 69 years across England. ...

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Consultation launched into incinerator permit draft decision

Consultation launched into incinerator permit draft decision

Wednesday, 07 May 2025

The Environment Agency has launched a consultation into its ‘minded to’ decision to issue a permit to a Teesside incinerator. ...

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Warning issued against unauthorised building work in Bassetlaw

Warning issued against unauthorised building work in Bassetlaw

Wednesday, 30 April 2025

The Environment Agency has issued a warning against unauthorised building near rivers and flood defences in Bassetlaw, North Nottinghamshire....

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Environment Agency clampdown on illegal use of cast nets

Environment Agency clampdown on illegal use of cast nets

Wednesday, 23 April 2025

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 York...

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Site checks after suspension notice served

Site checks after suspension notice served

Thursday, 17 April 2025

Environment Agency officers, together with West Yorkshire Police, have been undertaking site checks at the Mineral Processing Ltd site. ...

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Company and director fined for burning waste on rural land

Company and director fined for burning waste on rural land

Thursday, 17 April 2025

A company and its director have been fined for ignoring Environment Agency warnings to stop burning waste on rural land in West Yorkshire....

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Dunball Sluice £9.7 million upgrade completed?

Dunball Sluice £9.7 million upgrade completed?

Tuesday, 15 April 2025

Dunball Sluice - a vital flood defence asset near Bridgwater - has been successfully refurbished by the Environment Agency.? ...

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Appointments made to the Environment Agency Board

Appointments made to the Environment Agency Board

Monday, 14 April 2025

New Chair of the Audit and Risk Assurance Committee named, as three board members reappointed...

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