The Latest Breaking News from Environment Agency

Potential for Humber flood barrier with road crossing whets appetite as part of long-term strategy

South Bank council leader recognises value in pushing potential for 'second Humber bridge'

Birmingham Post · Feb 9, 2022

River Mersey bursts banks as flood warning issued and residents told to move to safety

More rain is expected to increase flooding in the area and residents have been warned to 'act now' and the Environment Agency has asked nearby residents to move family and pets to safety

Daily Mirror · Feb 6, 2022

Anglers ‘heartbroken’ as stretch of River Tone stripped of trees

Environment Agency devastates banks of river near Taunton ‘to protect properties in Bathpool’

The Guardian - UK · Feb 6, 2022

Not such a civil service after all

Brief letters: A grave betrayal | Joe Rogan on Deezer | Welsh indiscretion | Environment Agency | Great British institutions | PM’s number is up

The Guardian - UK · Feb 2, 2022

The Environment Agency plays a robust role in combating pollution

Letters: Emma Howard Boyd, chair of the Environment Agency, says it is creating better places for people and wildlife

The Guardian - UK · Jan 30, 2022

‘It is desperate’: how Environment Agency staff were silenced as pollution worsened

As public disgust at foul waterways in England grew, the body responsible for protecting them tried to stifle internal criticism

The Guardian - UK · Jan 29, 2022

Work on major flood protection project to get under way in Salisbury

Initial works on the Salisbury River Park scheme will start at the end of January, the Environment Agency has confirmed

Birmingham Post · Jan 24, 2022

Gateshead business partners fined £100 each after operating illegal waste site

The court heard that the pair were partners in a business known as both NE1 Waste Management and NE1 Garden and Waste Services

Chronicle Live · Jan 21, 2022

Staff blow whistle on Environment Agency that ‘no longer deters polluters’

Exclusive: Officers say cuts and operational decisions have made England’s regulator ‘toothless’

The Guardian - UK · Jan 20, 2022

Northumbrian Water fined £240,000 after sewage leaks into County Durham stream

The water company pleaded guilty to two charges of causing the discharge of sewage into Coundon Burn, at Auckland Park, in Bishop Auckland

Chronicle Live · Jan 19, 2022