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1,300 Merseyside homes now 'protected' from 'catastrophic flooding'

The scheme will save almost £60m in future costs according to the council

Liverpool Echo

Environmental destruction is part of Liz Truss’s plan

The prime minister’s ideology encourages the extraction of as much income as possible from nature, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The Guardian - UK

Abattoir owner fined £300k after town plagued by stench like 'rotting bodies and flesh'

The lives of residents in a market town became a misery during the first coronavirus lockdown due to the horrible stench coming from a slaughterhouse

Wales Online

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Marine deaths on North East beaches more likely to be caused by industrial toxins than algal bloom

The deaths were not attributed to one single cause, though a harmful algal bloom was thought to be "significant" at the time. New research has shed more light on a potential cause

Chronicle Live

Most of England remains in drought, as Environment Agency warns ‘significant’ climate action needed

Parts of England could remain in drought into next year, experts warn

Evening Standard

Ashton Gate 'Sporting Quarter' and new housing set to get go-ahead

Planners decide next week, but the Mayor of Bristol has given his backing

Bristol Post

Tonnes of dead fish wash up along beaches

The tide included crabs and starfish

Wales Online

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Frustration over 'excrement and urine' at the back of man's garden in Ruddington

Authorities are investigating the issue

Nottingham Post

Sporting Quarter plan 'will supercharge Ashton Gate as major regional venue' say business leaders

Business West have intervened to make a last-minute appeal for the project to be approved

Bristol Post

'Dreadful' tip being cleared after business complains of rats and flytipping

Jeremy Poupard said: "I used to say to them that you can’t miss us as we are right next to the rubbish tip"

Liverpool Echo

Volunteers can’t save our rivers from this tide of filth

Letters: Citizen scientists are no replacement for an underfunded and toothless Environment Agency, writes Gary Bennett, while Anthony Davies laments the pollution of the River Wye by intensive chicken farming

The Guardian - UK

Northumbrian Water to install drainage pipe to reduce sea water contamination in Cullercoats Bay

It is hoped this could be the end of Cullercoats' water contamination worries

Chronicle Live

Angry residents facing an £820,000 bill to build a tiny wall

The Environment Agency say it will cost £8.2 million to repair a flood defence and homeowners will have to fork out 10 per cent of the fee

Wales Online

Mystery stink finally solved after residents of housing estate complained of 'cheesy feet' pong

Locals were desperately shutting their windows in an attempt to keep the nasty stench at bay, with residents comparting the foul smell to dog muck or vomit

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Mystery as water in river 'left looking like milk'

'It looks like a ton of washing powder has been dumped into it'

Manchester Evening News

Locals 'horrified' as water in Greater Manchester river 'left looking like milk'

"It looks like a ton of Washing Powder has been dumped into it!"

Manchester Evening News

Beachgoers told to avoid swimming after sewage and pollution alerts issued

There are currently 28 pollution warnings in place throughout the UK.

The Guardian - UK

Citizen scientists to monitor English rivers in £7m scheme

Scheme gets under way as data suggests Environment Agency’s own monitoring leaves rivers unprotected

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Liverpool Echo

United Utilities blame caravan site and factory waste for sewage in Mersey River

Around 100 beaches in England were hit by raw sewage discharges last month, sparking national outrage

Daily Mirror

UK beaches issued dreaded 'Do not swim' order after major pollution and sea sewage risk

Water tests taken by the Environment Agency at three beaches in East Yorkshire revealed pollution levels are far too high for bathers to safely swim in the sea

Nottingham Post

Nottinghamshire family fall ill after paddling in brown sea water

'It felt like an apocalyptic scene'

Chronicle Live

Gateshead residents worried as wildlife-rich pond dries up

Durham Wildlife Trust, which managers the pond, says that the main cause of the pond being dry is a lack of rainfall, though a sluice gate had been "altered by a third party"

Liverpool Echo

Map shows devastating truth of sewage grot spots in Merseyside

The map from The Rivers Trust highlights some of the spots most affected by sewage overspill in Merseyside

Leeds Live

Heavy rain storm to smash Leeds as flood warning issued in Yorkshire

The forecast for Leeds does not look too happy

The Conversation

Sewage pollution: why the UK water industry is broken

As a child swimming off the coast of south Devon in the 1960s, I believed the warm water passing through my legs was the Gulf Stream current. Now, as an adult, I realise it was actually raw sewage being discharged into the ocean.

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