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Oxfordshire housing development ‘should be blocked due to failing sewage system’

Environment Agency objects to plans for 1,450 new homes, saying Thames Water’s Oxford plant cannot cope with more demand

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‘Poisoned by chemicals’: citizen scientists prove River Avon is polluted

Charity says the decline of invertebrates linked to chemicals in water while Environment Agency said Wiltshire river had not deteriorated

The Guardian - UK

Flood warnings across England and Wales as heavy rain falls on ‘saturated ground’

Environment Agency releases 70 warnings, with some schools closed and ferries and trains disrupted

The Guardian - UK

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Everything you wish you never needed to know about sewage fungus

The smelly, nasty bacteria that spells bad news for rivers is flourishing in the UK. Here is how to spot it and what it means

The Guardian - UK

Flood warnings issued for five areas of London after heavy rain

Areas around Rivers Thames, Lea and Pinn could be affected

Evening Standard

Ofwat orders Thames Water to produce turnaround plan over sewage record

Debt-laden firm had allowed rivers to become polluted and homes to be flooded with sewage, MPs hear

The Guardian - UK

Environment Agency failed to protect River Wye from chicken waste, court hears

Campaigners argue in legal challenge that loophole has allowed poultry farmers to pollute river

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Revealed: watchdogs and water bosses had dinner at private London club to discuss future

Exclusive: Meal attended by Environment Agency and Ofwat chairs attacked as outrageous example of ‘regulatory capture’

The Guardian - UK

Seventeen landfills in England make toxic liquid hazardous to drinking water

Exclusive: Investigation finds banned chemicals at levels up to 260 times higher than that deemed safe to consume

The Guardian - UK

‘We can’t engineer our way out of this’: how to protect flood-hit Severn Valley

Tens of millions have been spent on human-made defences over the years, but the impact of the climate crisis means flooding is inevitable

The Guardian - UK

Minister vows to end water firms’ pollution self-monitoring in England

Environment secretary, Steve Barclay, tells firms he will toughen regulatory approach but gives no timescale

The Guardian - UK

Huge loss of invertebrates detected in stream feeding into Windermere

Campaigners say 76% decline in riverfly species’ abundance at Cunsey Beck is being caused by sewage discharges

The Guardian - UK

South West Water ‘not honest’ about drought preparations, watchdog claims

Devon and Cornwall had months of hosepipe bans as parts of country almost ran out of water in 2022

The Guardian - UK

Environment Agency accused of ‘scandalous neglect’ over chicken excrement entering River Wye

Charity says new evidence shows how poultry farms are draining excrement into river system

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South West Water forced to apologise after sending hundreds of tanker loads of sewage to seaside resort

South West Water transported up to 240 tanker loads of sewage through Exmouth every day due to a burst pipe

The Guardian - UK

Thames Water bypassing local opposition in attempt to launch water recycling project

Company faced public backlash over scheme, which campaigners say threatens to increase river pollution

The National (Scotland)

Firm at centre of Post Office scandal has major Government contract renewed

THE IT giant at the centre of the Post Office Horizon scandal has been given an extension to a multimillion Government contract for running…

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Government response to flooding was to ‘stare out the window’, Labour says

Starmer says Labour would take pre-emptive action as minister confirms 2,000 homes have been flooded by Storm Henk

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The Independent UK

UK weather: Snow and ice as temperatures plunge below freezing in week-long cold snap

Hundreds of flood alerts also still in place in England after days of heavy rain in wake of Storm Henk

The Guardian - UK

UK weather: ice and sleet warnings for England after flooding chaos

Rishi Sunak defends government response to floods after Keir Starmer accuses him of being ‘asleep at the wheel’

Evening Standard

Warning of flooded properties and transport disruption as river levels rise

More than 1,800 properties have already been hit because of saturated ground, the Environment Agency said.

The Independent UK

Ice, frost and fog warning as temperatures to plunge below freezing after widespread flooding

Environment Agency warns public to remain vigilant after more than 1,800 properties flooded across UK

Evening Standard

Vigilance urged as ‘significant’ flooding expected on Thames, Environment Agency warns

A total of 190 flood warnings and 210 flood alerts were in place in the UK by 3.30pm on Saturday.

Evening Standard

Flood warnings remain in place as cold weather alert issued

Data from the Environment Agency showed almost every river in England has reached exceptionally high levels with some reaching record levels.

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak under fire after week of devastating flooding across England

PM insists government is responding, as some residents are told to expect five more days of misery and colder weather

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