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Campaign group creates interactive map to advise locals and tourists where not to bathe

Almost 4,000 citizen science volunteers found that Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and McDonalds were among those responsible for most of the discarded branded packaging

Everything you need to know about which beaches are closed due to sewage spills

Campaigners say 265 Tory MPs betrayed the environment in an October 2021 Commons vote. But the MPs said overall they're tightening the law, and the plan they rejected wasn't practical. Here's the argument explained

The sea off beaches in East Lothian, Kent, Northumberland, Yorkshire, Cornwall and Devon has been filled with sewage following heavy rainfall, a Surfers Against Sewage map shows

Alerts on the Safer Seas Service map show the Environment Agency is warning against swimming at some popular North East beaches

Neil Cutts, from Surfers Against Sewage, warned the Government is unlikely to tackle the problem in the foreseeable future.

Southern Water was handed a record fine of £90 million in July 2021 after pleading guilty to illegally discharging sewage along the rivers and coastline of Kent, Hampshire and Sussex. More than a year later, the headlines have not improved for Britain’s embattled water companies who have recently discharged more…

Water companies say discharges are required to prevent flooding from overwhelmed networks

It's a blow for wildlife and wild swimmers

Discharges following heavy rainfall affecting water quality, especially in south