Water companies in England have faced a barrage of criticism as data revealed raw sewage was discharged for more than 3.6m hours into rivers and…
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Water bosses in England and Wales face bonus bans for illegal sewage discharges
Ministers are to ban bonuses for water company bosses in England and Wales who fail to prevent illegal sewage spills that pollute rivers, lakes and…
View More Water bosses in England and Wales face bonus bans for illegal sewage dischargesEngland has ‘twice as many empty homes as families stuck in B&Bs’
England has more than twice as many long-term empty homes this Christmas as there are children living in temporary accommodation, the Liberal Democrats have said,…
View More England has ‘twice as many empty homes as families stuck in B&Bs’‘Christmas stink’: UK’s traditional festive swims face rising tide of sewage
Long-established Christmas seaside swimming locations have been flooded with sewage over the last year, prompting concern that swimmers could fall ill. They would not be…
View More ‘Christmas stink’: UK’s traditional festive swims face rising tide of sewageUlez is more than a political football – it’s a matter of life and death for people like me | Letters
I am a previously fit and healthy woman in her early 60s, a never-smoker who was diagnosed with lung cancer three weeks ago. Lung cancer…
View More Ulez is more than a political football – it’s a matter of life and death for people like me | LettersEngland’s top beaches faced 8,500 hours of sewage dumping last year, study says
England’s most celebrated beaches faced 8,500 hours of sewage dumping last year, new figures show. Many beaches with blue flag status– an international mark of…
View More England’s top beaches faced 8,500 hours of sewage dumping last year, study saysFossil fuels received £20bn more UK support than renewables since 2015
The UK government has given £20bn more in support to fossil fuel producers than those of renewables since 2015, the Guardian can reveal. The research,…
View More Fossil fuels received £20bn more UK support than renewables since 2015Taken for granted: rural vote up for grabs if Labour can make hay
When Keir Starmer takes to the stage at the National Farmers’ Union conference next week, he may find his audience more receptive than expected. The…
View More Taken for granted: rural vote up for grabs if Labour can make hayNew Cumbria coalmine ‘like opening a Betamax factory’, says Tim Farron
Ministers giving the green light to Britain’s first coalmine in 30 years is “like celebrating the opening of a Betamax factory”, Cumbrian MP Tim Farron…
View More New Cumbria coalmine ‘like opening a Betamax factory’, says Tim FarronFracking caused daily earthquakes at UK’s only active site
Fracking caused an earthquake every day at the UK’s only active site at Preston New Road in Lancashire, analysis has found. Between 2018 and 2019,…
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