The Latest Breaking News from Ash Smith

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

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

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

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

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

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

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