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Starmer accuses government of ‘turning Britain’s waterways into an open sewer’

Lib Dems call for Thérèse Coffey to resign after raw discharges sent into English rivers 825 times a day last year

The Guardian - UK

Seemingly ambitious Defra hedgerow targets actually due to typo

Thérèse Coffey reveals proposals for England far less ambitious than those set out in first draft of environment document

The Guardian - UK

Bathing water status rarely granted in England, analysis finds

Exclusive: People left to ‘swim in filth’ as Defra turns down applications, say Lib Dems

The Guardian - UK

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Thérèse Coffey’s ‘eat turnips’ message leaves bitter taste after UK’s biggest grower gives up

Environment secretary’s response to salad shortages suggests she was unaware vegetable farmer – in her constituency – was forced to quit due to costs

The Guardian - UK

'The supermarkets don't want to pay, and local shops are loving it': The real story behind the tomato shortage

Supermarkets are out of tomatoes, but your local shop isn't. Why? The M.E.N's Ben Arnold reports

Manchester Evening News

Revealed: cabinet ministers warned of legal action over UK’s failure to tackle climate crisis

Senior civil servants have issued the warnings as government is way behind on net zero pledges, according leaked documents

The Guardian - UK

Turnips: how Britain fell out of love with the much-maligned vegetable

Environment secretary Thérèse Coffey’s recent suggestion that Britons should turn to turnips following tomato shortages did not go down as she might have hoped.

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AI in exams, a wandering walrus, and has a cat been to space? – take the Thursday quiz

Fifteen questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes every Thursday. How will you fare?

The Guardian - UK

This isn’t the first time we have had to turn to turnips for sustenance

Letters: Caroline McParland champions seasonal veg boxes, while Malcolm Thick looks at how England has historically relied on turnips. Plus letters from Margaret Davis and Chris Woolf

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on the welfare safety net: failing to catch people

Editorial: Benefit payments should be determined by the actual cost of living, not the political fixations of Conservative ministers

The Guardian - UK

'Therese Coffey says "work more" - but many disabled people don’t have that option'

Thérèse Coffey is wrong that people simply need to 'work more hours' in order to boost their incomes, Disabled Britain guest editor and columnist for the Mirror, Rachel Charlton-Dailey, says

Daily Mirror

Delight as proposed Holy Island fishing ban dropped by Government

The confirmation fishing would not be banned came this weekend

Chronicle Live

Should we cherish our turnips? Why the British food system may need a reboot

The UK can move away from imported vegetables, even in winter, if tastes for homegrown crops change, campaigners say

The Guardian - UK

Apples and pears could be next UK food shortage, farmers warn

Growers say they do not get paid enough by supermarkets, as supply of leeks also comes under threat

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Edinburgh Live

Empty East Lothian Lidl vegetable aisle captured in bleak images of UK shortage

A Musselburgh resident snapped a dismal image in the local Lidl shop with more empty vegetable shelves as the UK continues to deal with a nationwide shortage - predicted to last until May.

The Guardian - UK

Digested week: Sunak loses his nerve on Brexit deal as Johnson hints at trouble

Plus, Liz Truss returns, uproar over Roald Dahl rewrites and why everything is too much trouble for Thérèse Coffey

The Guardian - UK

Shoppers report rising food shortages; growers warn UK leek supplies may run out – as it happened

Proportion of people experiencing shortages of food items has risen over the last year, ONS says

The Guardian - UK

Environment secretary urges Britons to ‘cherish’ turnips amid food shortages

Thérèse Coffey’s championing of UK ‘specialisms’ causes one Labour MP to retort: ‘Let them eat turnips!’

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The Independent UK

Ukraine supermarkets full of fruit and veg as UK rations

Photos come from Ukraine as environment secretary Thérèse Coffey says Britain could face month of shortages

The Conversation

To clean up England's rivers we need to know how much sewage is dumped – but water firms won't tell us

UK environment secretary Thérèse Coffey has demanded that water companies share plans for how they will reduce sewage discharges into rivers. They could start by coming clean on how much sewage is being dumped. If we don’t know how much sewage is actually being released – for at least the…

The Guardian - UK

UK salad shortages could last a month, warns environment secretary

Thérèse Coffey advises consumers to opt for turnips as tomato and cucumber supplies dwindle

The Guardian - UK

Thérèse Coffey brings farmers’ union plenty of chaff and no wheat

Environment secretary leaves Birmingham with egg on face while Rish! endures Brexit psychodrama

The Guardian - UK

Thérèse Coffey rules out reintroduction of wolves and lynx

Environment secretary tells farmers ‘not to worry’, but angers wildlife campaigners who say ecosystems need lost species

The Guardian - UK

Taken for granted: rural vote up for grabs if Labour can make hay

Countryside feels let down by 13 years of Tory rule but other parties will not pick up votes by default

The Guardian - UK

Starmer to make EU trade and standards pledge as Tories ‘give up on farmers’

Exclusive: In address to NFU conference on Tuesday, Labour leader will make his pitch to the rural community

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