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People in North Yorkshire town found to have ‘alarming’ levels of toxic Pfas chemicals in blood

Exclusive: Testing in Bentham, home to UK’s highest recorded Pfas levels, finds one in four have blood levels in greatest risk category

The Guardian - UK

Realtime pollution alerts needed on Windermere, campaigners say after boy nearly dies

Exclusive: Claire Earley’s son Rex spent six weeks in hospital after contracting E coli from contaminated lake

The Guardian - UK

Thousands of pollution incidents in England downgraded without site visit, data suggests

Exclusive: Whistleblower figures show large rise in ‘serious’ to ‘minor’ downgrades based on water company evidence

The Guardian - UK

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Financial experts reveal three simple ways you can beat rising water bills

Ofwat confirmed that household water bills would increase by an average of 5.4 per cent from April

The Independent UK

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

Crime gangs fly-tipping waste in London to be targeted by new drones squad

The team of 33 pilots will use 54 unmanned aircraft fitted with cutting-edge laser mapping technology to target illegal waste dumps across England

Evening Standard

New ‘drones squad’ to gather evidence at illegal waste dumps

This new aerial surveillance initiative aims to bolster efforts to track and prosecute environmental offenders

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Race to find source of carcinogenic Pfas in Cumbria and Lancashire waters

Exclusive: High levels of banned ‘forever chemical’ have been detected in rivers and groundwater at 25 sites

The Guardian - UK

‘Homes may have to be abandoned’: how climate crisis has reshaped Britain’s flood risk

As rivers swell and homes are cut off, scientists say UK winter rainfall is already 20 years ahead of predictions

The Guardian - UK

Illegal Dump the Size of a Football Field Triggers Arrests in Oxfordshire

Two men have been arrested in connection with a huge fly tip that appeared in a field in Oxfordshire

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Retired couple fear ‘scariest’ Storm Chandra flooding as major incident declared

Lesley and John Parker, from Somerset, also criticised the Environment Agency for their response to the storm

The Independent UK

Environment Agency tells people to stay vigilant as flood risk continues

About 63 properties have been flooded across the country.

Evening Standard

King’s private estate owns part of Wigan site that has become ‘UK’s worst illegal waste dump’

Duchy of Lancaster claimed it is exempt from cleaning up the site, due to an ancient feudal law

The Independent UK

Districts warn of ‘catastrophic flooding’ without urgent funding boost

Environment Agency cuts have raised the possibility of widespread disruption and economic damage, it is claimed.

Evening Standard

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UK and Europe’s hidden landfills at risk of leaking toxic waste into water supplies

Exclusive: Rising flood risks driven by climate change could release toxic waste from ageing sites – posing threats to ecosystems

Evening Standard

No timeline yet for clearing illegal waste mountain, Environment Agency says

The agency has set out efforts to monitor and secure the 150-metre long rubbish dump, saying safety of local residents is ‘our top priority’.

Evening Standard

Swimming sites see slight water quality improvement but dozens fail on pollution

Environment Agency annual figures show 87% of England’s designated swimming spots were rated as excellent or good.

The Guardian - UK

‘The new narcotics’: how waste crime is causing environmental disaster across the UK

Organised criminals face few repercussions for dumping toxic rubbish as Environment Agency struggles to keep up

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The Independent UK

Starmer says mountain of waste dumped in Oxfordshire field is ‘utterly appalling’

The Environment Agency has said it will pursue the perpetrators to pay the clean up cost

The Guardian - UK

Plastic beads spreading on Sussex coast after ‘catastrophic’ spill, meeting told

Local people describe devastating impact of millions of toxic beads from Southern Water site near Camber Sands

Evening Standard

England faces widespread drought in 2026 without wet winter – Environment Agency

The country’s drought situation remains ‘precarious’ despite recent rainfall, and could be facing a drier than normal three months to January.

The Independent UK

Warning England could face widespread drought in 2026 without wet winter

Despite recent rainfall, the situation remains ‘precarious’, the Environment Agency stated

Evening Standard

Environment Agency hits back at ‘unfair’ claims of incompetence over waste crime

Philip Duffy, the agency’s chief executive, called the waste team ‘excellent’ and ‘hardworking’.

Evening Standard

Water firms’ environmental performance sinks as serious pollution cases up 60%

The Environment Agency has called for a fundamental shift in culture and behaviour from English water firms in the light of ‘poor’ results.

The Guardian - UK

Thames Water ranked worst supplier in England as firms’ ratings hit record low

Environment Agency rates eight of nine companies as poor and needing improvement

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