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Save Britain's Rivers

South West hit by over 100 sewage spills after weekend of heavy rain

Article thumbnail: EXMOUTH, ENGLAND - AUGUST 23: British holidaymakers on the main beach on August 23, 2016 in Exmouth, South Devon, England. Temperatures throughout the whole of the South of England have been high due to warm air being pushed up from the continent. (Photo by James D. Morgan/Getty Images)
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Devon town vs South West Water: Exmouth suing over sewage on beach

Businesses and residents are to launch what could be the largest legal claim against a water firm, saying no-swim warnings led to fall in tourist spending

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Save Britain's Rivers

Locking up water bosses won't fix Britain's sewage crisis, campaigners warn

Environment

UK’s biggest solar farm given go-ahead in Government’s anti-Nimby drive

Article thumbnail: EMBARGOED TO 2000 MONDAY SEPTEMBER 2 Undated handout photo issued by the RSPB of an arctic tern Sterna paradisaea, adult with sandeel, The Skerries, North Wales. Five seabird species have been added to the UK's "red list" of greatest conservation concern. Scientists reviewing the status of the country's breeding seabird populations revealed that the Leach's Storm-petrel, Common Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Arctic Tern and Great Skua are among Britain's most at risk birds. Issue date: Monday September 2, 2024. PA Photo. See PA story ENVIRONMENT Seabirds. Photo credit should read: Chantal Macleod-Nolan/RSPB/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.
Article thumbnail: EMBARGOED TO 2000 MONDAY SEPTEMBER 2 Undated handout photo issued by the RSPB of an arctic tern Sterna paradisaea, adult with sandeel, The Skerries, North Wales. Five seabird species have been added to the UK's "red list" of greatest conservation concern. Scientists reviewing the status of the country's breeding seabird populations revealed that the Leach's Storm-petrel, Common Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Arctic Tern and Great Skua are among Britain's most at risk birds. Issue date: Monday September 2, 2024. PA Photo. See PA story ENVIRONMENT Seabirds. Photo credit should read: Chantal Macleod-Nolan/RSPB/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.
Article thumbnail: Edward John Morgan has had to cancel classes because of sewage pollution in Exmouth (Pic: supplied)
Article thumbnail: Edward John Morgan has had to cancel classes because of sewage pollution in Exmouth (Pic: supplied)
Article thumbnail: A ewe and lamb stood in front of hills on the edge of the Rhinogs at Llandecwyn. A rugged landscape in North Wales.
Politics

UK’s pristine Blue Flag beaches 'under threat' after 2,328 sewage discharges

Environment
Explained

Environmental jargon: The 15 terms people don't understand and what they mean

Article thumbnail: A pig on a farm in the U.K. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
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Save Britain's Rivers

Labour has no real plan to fix UK rivers, Feargal Sharkey warns

Environment

Giant spiders the size of rats are coming to the UK – but not to your garden

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Revealed: England's most polluted beaches with one alert every three days

Water Pollution
Save Britain's Rivers

Antidepressants and painkillers among drugs polluting national park rivers

Water Pollution

Firm behind cyanide-spill in West Midlands canal named by Environment Agency