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Highways England is calling on drivers to do their bit to reduce litter levels on the nation's motorways as part of the Great British Spring Clean (28 May - 13 June)
The next phase of the Environment Agency's Lustrum Beck flood scheme is complete - and helped protect homes in Stockton-On-Tees during Storm Christoph
The Environment Agency is monitoring 149 bathing water sites across Devon and Cornwall until 30 September.
Sites in Rutland, Plymouth and Suffolk will receive bathing water status from May.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
The Chancellor delivered a Spring Statement today that puts billions of pounds back into the pockets of hard-working people – unveiling a new Tax Plan to ease the rising cost of living and to deliver the biggest cut to personal...
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Speech by Sir James Bevan, Chief Executive of the Environment Agency Waterwise Conference, 19 March 2019
A new charging framework for businesses, including water companies and farmers, that abstract more than 20 cubic metres of water a day from a river, stream, canal or groundwater, is being implemented by the Environment Agency from 1 April 2022.
The Environment Agency is taking action as parts of the region experience periods of prolonged dry weather.
A new chalk stream strategy, published today by Catchment Based Approach’s (CaBA) Chalk Stream Restoration Group (CSRG), sets the future direction needed to protect and enhance England’s chalk streams.
Sluice gates which manage water levels in the River Wansbeck will be open for three months as part of efforts to reduce silt build up.
Environment Agency urges action as Met Office warns of above average likelihood of a wet winter
The Environment Agency is urging people to sign up to flood warnings and to check the latest safety advice as the risk of flooding in many areas continues.
An Environment Agency project to create a large ‘aquagreen’ that will reduce flood risk to over 870 properties and key infrastructure in east Hull has been given the go ahead.
Fishing without a licence has netted anglers across Yorkshire and the North East some hefty fines over the last month.
Environment Agency funding sees eels, bullheads and brook lamprey back in England's rainforest.
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