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At launch of cleaner water plan, minister says those who say they can end problem are ‘detached from reality’ or dishonestPolitics live – latest updatesThérèse Coffey has admitted she cannot end the sewage scandal, in what critics are calling a “comple…
Many blue flag beaches were covered in waste, and Brighton was among the worst-hit, Lib Dem report showsEngland’s most celebrated beaches faced 8,500 hours of sewage dumping last year, new figures show.Many beaches with blue flag status– an internation…
Labour leader accuses ministers of turning rivers into ‘open sewers’ after Thérèse Coffey says firms will face tougher penaltiesLabour has dismissed government plans that could see water companies in England facing tougher fines and penalties as part o…
Lib Dems call for Thérèse Coffey to resign after raw discharges sent into English rivers 825 times a day last yearKeir Starmer has accused the government of “turning Britain’s waterways into an open sewer”, as data showed raw discharges were sent into …
Peter and Jane Harris were also ordered to pay almost $500,000 in legal costs after two unsuccessful appeal attemptsSign up for the Rural Network email newsletterJoin the Rural Network group on Facebook to be part of the communityTwo prominent New Sout…
Cheaper rates could be applied to those who install water butts under plans unveiled by regulator Water bill discounts could be given to people who do not pave over their front gardens and install water butts, under plans unveiled by the regulator.Cust…
Residents show skepticism to officials insisting tap water is uncontaminated after chemical spill in the Delaware RiverResidents in Philadelphia and nearby have been buying bottled water after a chemical spill upstream in the Delaware River in neighbor…
Non-binding commitments, paucity of scientific data and poor representation of global south left a lot to be desired at summitThe first global water conference in almost half a century has concluded with the creation of a new UN envoy for water and hun…
Exclusive: People left to ‘swim in filth’ as Environment Agency turns down applications, say Lib DemsMost applications for bathing water status to clean up rivers and coastal waters in England have been rejected by the government in the last 14 months,…