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England’s sewage scandal hinges on lack of water industry regulation – new docudrama reveals how profit drives pollution

A new three-part factual drama, Dirty Business, highlights the murky world of the English water industry. This Channel 4 docudrama follows the lives of two concerned citizens from Oxfordshire in south-east England: a retired police detective called Ash Smith and a retired university professor called Peter Hammond, who is an…

The Conversation

Dirty Business creator on raw sewage scandal: ‘This is the worst possible situation we’ll accept without starting a revolution’

Joseph Bullman’s shocking Channel 4 series explores two ordinary men’s extraordinary 10-year fight against British water companies

The Independent UK

Channel 4’s Dirty Business is a clarion call to nationalise the water industry

As the drama shows, private firms no longer able to pollute the coast of England of Wales just switched to rivers instead

The Guardian - UK

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The death of Heather Preen: how an eight-year-old lost her life amid sewage crisis

In 1999, Heather Preen contracted E coli on a Devon beach. Two weeks later she died. Now, as a new Channel 4 show dramatises the scandal, her mother, Julie Maughan, explains why she is still looking for someone to take responsibility

The Guardian - UK

‘It won’t wash’: Environment secretary’s bid to cosy up to water pollution protesters backfires

Steve Reed’s letter to campaign groups ahead of demonstration met with anger from those who say he has ignored the key issue of privatisation

The Guardian - UK

Thames Water fails to complete 108 upgrades to ageing sewage works

Exclusive: Fears customers will end up paying twice for work needed in order to comply with legal pollution limits

The Guardian - UK

Environment Agency refuses to reveal directors’ possible conflicts of interest

Agency rejected FOI request about potential conflicts of financial and business interests held by regional directors

The Guardian - UK

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How Tory neglect flooded Britain’s rivers with sewage

On a journey along the Thames – where fury at pollution has spawned a wave of local activism – it is clear that the decline of rivers is among this government’s worst legacies

The Guardian - UK

Water companies in England face outrage over record sewage discharges

Call for environmental emergency to be declared after data reveals 105% rise in raw sewage discharges over past 12 months

The Guardian - UK

New Thames Water map reveals where raw sewage is being discharged

Sewage has been flowing continuously for more than a month in multiple locations

The Independent UK

Thames Water’s real-time map confirms raw sewage discharges

Effluent in Gloucestershire river pinpointed by digital map as water companies accused of routinely pumping out waste to rivers

The Guardian - UK

‘Hot air’: plans to crack down on UK water polluters dismissed as toothless

Exclusive: critics say stripped-down Environment Agency has not levied a fine in 12 years so no point to higher cap

The Guardian - UK

Woman flew 4,000 miles for date with fellow fitness enthusiast - now they're married with a baby

Carol Christina Thompson said when she met and Ash Smith finally met in person, it was 'the most natural thing in the world'

Wales Online

'I flew 4,000 miles for our first date in London - now we're married with a baby'

When Carol Christina Thompson and Ash Smith finally met in person, it was 'the most natural thing in the world'

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