The Latest Breaking News from Feargal Sharkey

Water firms in England and Wales lost more than 1tn litres from leaks last year

Hundreds of millions of litres were wasted every day, with Thames Water revealed as the worst offender

The Guardian - UK · Sep 8, 2024

Feargal Sharkey airs doubts on tougher water firm regulation: 'No boss will go to prison'

Environment Secretary Steve Reed vowed that water company bosses will be “held accountable” for their role in polluting Britain’s waterway

Evening Standard · Sep 5, 2024

The UK says water bosses could face prison under plans to clean up sewage-clogged rivers

The bosses of water companies that pollute waterways could go to prison under a new aimed at cleaning up Britain's sewage-clogged rivers, lakes and beaches

The Independent UK · Sep 5, 2024

Can Labour clean up England’s dangerously dirty water?

Party has vowed to end sewage scandal if it wins power, but experts say it will have to act quickly and ambitiously

The Guardian - UK · Jun 12, 2024

England gets 27 new bathing sites – but no guarantee they’ll be safe for swimming

Water campaigner Feargal Sharkey says newly designated sites will join ‘ignoble, floundering list of failure’

The Guardian - UK · May 13, 2024

"I always think this is the closest anyone has ever come to making the perfect record": The story of The Undertones' punk classic Teenage Kicks

Guitarist and songwriter John O’Neill on how a young band from Derry created a classic: "I can’t believe someone didn’t come up with it before me"

MusicRadar · May 9, 2024

‘No dividing line’: consultants advising private water companies also work for their regulator, Ofwat

Campaigners call for the whole regulatory system to be replaced after Observer analysis finds watchdog spent more than £25m with consultancies

The Guardian - UK · Apr 21, 2024

Arts Council England says funding will not be removed for ‘political’ artists

ACE had been under pressure to revise guidance in January which focused on ‘reputational risk’

The Guardian - UK · Feb 28, 2024

Polls close in Wellingborough and Kingswood byelections

Conservatives expected to lose two seats on day UK economy was announced to be in recession

The Guardian - UK · Feb 15, 2024

Arts Council England to update ‘activist statements’ guidance after backlash

Funding body says it believes in freedom of expression, after policy changes sparked fears of censorship of artists

The Guardian - UK · Feb 15, 2024