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River sewage causes stink in by-election campaign as Lib Dem candidate’s son ‘falls ill after swimming’

Exclusive: Tiverton and Honiton hopeful Richard Foord said 12-year-old son left vomiting after taking dip in polluted River Culm

The Independent UK

Labour accuses Government of ‘siding with the water companies’ over sewage

Defra minister Lord Benyon told peers in the House of Lords the ‘level of storm overflows into our rivers is totally unacceptable’.

The Independent UK

Government retracts ‘unlawful’ pollution guidance for England’s farms

Advice that allowed farmers to spread manures in a way that risked polluting waters has been changed by Defra

The Guardian - UK

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Scores of towns at risk of falling into the sea as climate change erodes coastlines

Many residents fear their homes will be wiped off the map with as many as 200,000 properties at risk of plunging into the sea or swallowed by floodwater by 2050

Daily Mirror

Fire crews control Wallsend blaze for almost 5 hours after shipping container sets alight

The Environment Agency were also made aware of the incident due to the nature of the fire

Chronicle Live

Fly-tipper caught in the act by MoD helicopter

He was fined £1,200 after being filmed dumping waste and even burning mattresses

Wales Online

‘No coming back from erosion’: UK coastal towns will need to relocate due to climate crisis

‘In some places the right answer will be to move communities away from danger,’ Sir James Bevan says

The Independent UK

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Factory farming is turning this beautiful British river into an open sewer

The Wye is being killed by toxic industrial chicken factories. Such disasters are happening all over the UK, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The Guardian - UK

Giant fungus spreading into rivers near East Midlands Airport being investigated

Concerns have been raised about the impact of the process

Nottingham Post

World Oceans Day 2023: Date, theme, and how to get involved

The United Nations General Assembly declared June 8 World Oceans Day in 2008

Evening Standard

Entire British seaside towns may have to MOVE or face falling into the sea

The head of the Environmental Agency is hopeful we can "turn the climate crisis into an opportunity" to create a better future for everyone

Daily Mirror

Warning some coastal towns and villages will have to be relocated due to erosion

The head of the Environment Agency is due to speak later

Wales Online

UK towns could soon be underwater and will have to move, Environment Agency head warns

Climate change could see big changes in the UK's geography

Manchester Evening News

Coastal communities in England will be forced to relocate due to climate crisis, Environment Agency boss says

‘There is no coming back for land that coastal erosion has taken away,’ Sir James Bevan will say

The Independent UK

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Daily Mirror

Family was on board superyacht 35 minutes before it exploded in fireball

The luxury yacht burst into a fireball and sank at a marina in Devon on Saturday, leading to fears over a mini-ecological disaster because it had nearly a full tank of fuel onboard.

The Independent UK

Huge superyacht fire probed by police after £6m boat destroyed in harbourside inferno

The Environment Agency reported that the blaze could have resulted in nine tonnes of diesel being spilled into the ocean

The Independent UK

Major clean-up in marina after fire on superyacht carrying tonnes of fuel

The environment agency says contractors are trying to contain fuel aboard the sunken vessel at the marina in Torquay.

Daily Mirror

Moment 30ft yacht EXPLODES in flames injuring 15 after refuelling at marina

A 30ft yacht went up in flames after it was refuelled at Spring Brook Marina in Seneca, Illinois, US, leaving 15 youngsters and adults injured, with one man airlifted to hospital

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The Independent UK

Work under way to prevent pollution after burning superyacht sinks in marina

Firefighters battled to extinguish the fire for hours as it ripped through the 85ft vessel in Torquay.

Wales Online

Luxury 85ft superyacht sinks after blaze in marina

Environmental concerns have been raised as the boat had approximately 8,000 litres of fuel on board

The Independent UK

Superyacht carrying 8,000 litres of fuel sinks after going up in flames in Devon

Firefighters had battled to extinguish the blaze as it ripped through the 85ft vessel in Torquay.

Daily Mirror

Man fined over giant illegal trash mountain discovered outside his home

Raymond Wortley's mountain of waste included tree cuttings, plastics, treated wood and construction waste which were left in his garden between October 23, 2019 and June 2 last year

The Guardian - UK

National Farmers Union funding legal challenges to curbs on river pollution

Exclusive: Environmental groups criticise NFU for helping companies to fight Defra rules on nitrates in waterways

Manchester Evening News

Opposition to new River Irwell footbridge - because of flood risk

The Environment Agency are unhappy with Bury Council's plans for the bridge in Radcliffe

Bristol Post

BBC Countryfile: Environment Agency boss issues grim warning over water shortages

Sir James Bevan said 1 in 4 homes could have their water supplies cut off by 2050

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