Environment Agency data shows sewage spilled into England's waterways for over 3.6 million hours last year.
There isn't a single stretch of river in England that is in good overall health, Environment Agency figures show.
Environment Agency data published on Wednesday showed there were 3.6 million hours of spills in 2023
A new report says the rate of pothole repairs in England and Wales has
One part of the River Cam saw 74 spills in 2023, with a duration of 1,476 hours
Figures have been released by the Environment Agency
The Pima County Department of Environmental Quality says complaints of illegal dumping are up as they look for solutions.
At the close of 2023, Defra asked the British Ecological Society to bring together nearly 40 experts, to collate expert opinion on freshwater policy and set out a list of priorities for the biodiversity evidence program to focus on. Published today, the new report sets out priorities for restoring England's polluted fresh waters.
CLARK SUMMIT, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Griffin Pond Animal Shelter says they are searching for a woman who allegedly Abandoned two dogs near the shelter. Officials with the Griffin Pond Animal Shelter said they are looking for the woman pictured after she illegally dumped two dogs near Griffin Pond Road in Clark Summit. Anyone with []
Improving schools is first challenge for new first minister, Vaughan Gething, as IFS study shows lower attainment is not due to povertyWales’s new first minister, Vaughan Gething, faces a major challenge in improving the country’s schools, after the Institute for Fiscal Studies found that pupils in Wales were performing only as well as disadvantaged children in England.The IFS study follows Wales’s weak performance in the OECD’s most recent Programme for international student assessment (Pisa)...
Court of appeal’s removal of ‘consent’ defence means defendants on trial for criminal damage can no longer use itIt took a matter of minutes in the court of appeal, where demonstrators were strangely absent, for the dial to shift once more on the rights of protest in England and Wales.The decision taken on Monday by the court of appeal to, in effect, find in favour of the attorney general, the Conservative government’s premier legal officer, has removed a defence for climate protesters that had...
Exclusive: Number of such dogs that have been dumped rose from eight in 2020 to 582 in 2023, RSPCA saysThey may be lauded in the show ring, adored by celebrities, and feature in myriad adverts, but the number of French bulldogs being abandoned has risen sharply in recent years, data suggests.According to the RSPCA, the number of such dogs in England and Wales that have been dumped rose from eight in 2020 to 582 in 2023 – an increase of more than 7,000% in three years. Continue reading