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Flooding blocks London to Scotland train line as 'danger to life' weather warning issued

Yellow and amber warnings for rain remain in place across the UK on Thursday

Evening Standard

Reducing sewage in rivers and seas is public health priority, says Chris Whitty

England’s chief medical officer says 19th-century wastewater system ended cholera outbreaks and calls for similar focus now

The Guardian - UK

Fish deaths in England’s rivers rise tenfold in four years

More than 216,000 fish died in 2022-2023, when England recorded a 54% increase in sewage spills

The Guardian - UK

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Sewage alerts across UK mapped after ‘millions’ of litres dumped into Lake Windermere beauty spot

Raw sewage was pumped into the Unesco world heritage site for nearly 10 hours in February

The Independent UK

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

The Guardian view on Britain’s dirty waterways: a failure of industry and regulation

Editorial: Fresh warnings about polluted rivers from the environment watchdog are shocking but not surprising

The Guardian - UK

Northumbrian Water told to publish raw sewage discharge data it tried to hide

Appeal tribunal orders firm to share details on hundreds of thousands of tonnes of outflows into North Sea

The Guardian - UK

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How the overseas owners of the UK’s water companies clean up by polluting our rivers

Soiled seas and huge dividends: where has the £64bn borrowed by firms since privatisation gone, asks Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The Guardian - UK

How climate change will transform London: a guide to the city in 10, 50 and 100 years

From flooding, drought and disease to total societal upheaval, Robbie Griffiths investigates the grim future that awaits our capital if global warming is allowed to continue

Evening Standard

"We're not responsible for telling you whether you can swim in the rivers or not" - shocking message from water company polluting a world-famous river

Water company on the defensive after discharging dangerous levels of waste into the Thames

Advnture

‘Working with the landscape is a more sensible way of managing our rivers’: should we dismantle the UK’s dams?

Removing dams, weirs and culverts on waterways is hugely beneficial to wildlife and the environment – but there may be risks in a densely populated, flood-prone country

The Guardian - UK

‘Awful’: climate crisis threatens to sink historic north-east golf club

Saving Alnmouth from rising seas and coastal erosion complicated by links course being on private land

The Guardian - UK

Water companies in England face outrage over record sewage discharges

Call for environmental emergency to be declared after data reveals 105% rise in raw sewage discharges over past 12 months

The Guardian - UK

Sewage spills from storm overflows jumped by 54% in 2023, figures reveal

Storm overflows dumped untreated sewage into rivers and seas for 3.6m hours last year

Evening Standard

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The Guardian - UK

Boat Race organisers warn rowers not to enter water after E coli discovery

Boat Race organisers have issued new safety guidance for the race on Saturday, warning rowers not to enter the water and to cover any open wounds

The Guardian - UK

4m hours of raw sewage discharges in England in 2023, data expected to show

Exclusive: Environment Agency figures to be released on Wednesday to reveal 129% increase in total discharges on previous 12 months

The Guardian - UK

Steve Barclay apologises for not recusing himself sooner from incinerator decision

Environment secretary opposed waste plant plans that must be approved by body he oversees

The Guardian - UK

Steve Barclay under scrutiny for failing to declare potential conflict of interest

Environment secretary has been vocal opponent of waste plant plans that must be approved by body he oversees

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The Guardian - UK

Thames Water absent from industry’s £180m anti-pollution drive

Ministers disappointed by decision of one of worst sewage dumpers not to join England-wide initiative

Evening Standard

Cooking oil used in takeaways 'deliberately dumped' in London's Grand Union Canal

Thousands of litres of cooking oil have been dumped in the water, says the Canal and River Trust

The Guardian - UK

Southern Water fined £330,000 for stream pollution that killed 2,000 fish

Waste flowed into Hampshire stream for 20 hours because of faulty equipment at pumping station

The Guardian - UK

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

The Guardian - UK

‘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

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

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