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English water companies offer apology and £10bn investment for sewage spills

Under-fire bosses announce ‘unprecedented plan’ to reduce last year’s 300,000 incidents of sewage pollution

The Guardian - UK

From Penny Mordaunt to Katy Perry: All of the best (and worst) looks at the King’s coronation

Katy Perry, Emma Thompson and Jay Blades wowed fans with their coronation outfits

The Independent UK

From Penny Mordaunt to Katy Perry: All of the best (and worst) looks at the King’s coronation

Katy Perry, Emma Thompson and Jay Blades wowed fans with their coronation outfits

The Independent UK

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From Penny Mordaunt to Katy Perry: All of the best (and worst) looks at the King’s coronation

Katy Perry, Emma Thompson and Jay Blades wowed fans with their coronation outfits

The Independent UK

Penny Mordaunt praised for sword-carrying duty during King’s coronation service

The MP presented the Jewelled Sword of Offering to the King.

The Independent UK

The Penny is mightier than the sword: Twitter reacts to coronation ceremony

Penny Mordaunt carried the Jewelled Sword of Offering for ‘longer than Liz Truss was Prime Minister’, according to Twitter users.

The Independent UK

Spanish Queen wore Beckham dress also seen on Kendall Jenner to palace reception

Queen Letizia wore a green midi dress by the British designer and former Spice Girl.

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From Penny Mordaunt to Katy Perry: All of the best (and worst) looks at the King’s coronation

Katy Perry, Emma Thompson and Jay Blades have wowed fans with their coronation outfits

The Independent UK

‘Frankenchicken’ farming in England against animal welfare law, high court told

Groups say Thérèse Coffey has failed to monitor and prosecute farmers for practice, which causes severe health problems

The Guardian - UK

Coffey muddies the waters as Tories wash their hands of sewage scandal

Environment secretary urges Britons to embrace the filth as Labour seeks to flush out Conservative failures

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - The Tories are sitting on a sewage timebomb that could blow next month

Does the Conservative Party care about the environment? All main parties broadly define themselves as pro-planet these days, so the description is perhaps hard to qualify. Within the party — as in any e-coli strewn beach — there are pockets of resistance, such as the “Net Zero Scrutiny Group”, a…

Evening Standard

It’s again time to tackle reckless water firms, just like in the 19th century

Letters: Readers on the privatisation of water and the failure to rein in firms’ dumping of sewage

The Guardian - UK

‘Every river in this country is polluted’: how Feargal Sharkey got swept up by the clean water campaign

The former Undertones frontman was searching for a hobby and ended up an environmental campaigner. And he’s a man who can win an argument

The Guardian - UK

Digested week: Dover Easter queues? It’s the bad weather, stupid

I could have sworn we had stormy seas before Brexit and there weren’t long delays – but maybe I’m imagining things

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Finally, there’s something to unite Britain – disgust at what is happening to our waterways and seas

To force action on Britain’s sewage-blighted rivers and beaches, we need to kick up a new great stink, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

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Benefit sanctions slow people’s progress into work, says report Coffey suppressed

Government has aggressively pursued sanctions despite its own 2020 report showing they are ineffective at getting people into jobs

The Guardian - UK

Local groups denied access to reasons for refusal of English river bathing areas

Campaigners aiming to clean up waterways lodge complaint after government rejects FoI requests for details why applications failed

Daily Mirror

New sewage scandal as data shows waste is dumped on to coast every three minutes

The Labour Party analysed data from the Environment Agency (EA) which it says shows 141,777 sewage dumping events across 137 of a total of 139 coastal constituencies in England and Wales in 2022

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‘This is bigger than potholes’: Lib Dems tap into voter anger over sewage

Party is striking chord with ‘blue wall’ voters by championing a classic environmental issue

The Guardian - UK

Thérèse Coffey accused of ‘throwing in the towel’ over sewage scandal

At launch of cleaner water plan, minister says those who say they can end problem are ‘detached from reality’ or dishonest

The Week

What’s caused the big stink over Britain’s sewage?

Environment Secretary Thérèse Coffey has set out new plans to improve England’s water quality and clean up its rivers and coastal areas.

The Guardian - UK

Thérèse Coffey says infrastructure such as super sewers ‘could add hundreds to people’s bills’ – as it happened

Latest updates: environment secretary says ‘there is no way you can stop pollution overnight’ as ministers attempt to clean up rivers and seas

The Guardian - UK

England’s top beaches faced 8,500 hours of sewage dumping last year, study says

Many blue flag beaches were covered in waste, and Brighton was among the worst-hit, Lib Dem report shows

The Guardian - UK

Starmer criticises government’s ‘flimsy’ plan over water pollution in England

Labour leader accuses ministers of turning rivers into ‘open sewers’ after Thérèse Coffey says firms will face tougher penalties

The Independent UK

Water companies face unlimited fines in crackdown on sewage spills

There were an average of 824 waste spills a day last year, and ministers want to make polluters pay

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