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A Roman oyster processing site has been uncovered during the building of a major coastal re-alignment scheme in Yorkshire.
Work to limit heavy metals polluting rivers in Upper Teesdale is due to start next week
A robotic bird of prey is being used to stop seagulls contaminating Teignmouth’s bathing water.
A man from Culmhead has been fined £1,200 after he illegally stored waste at a site within the Blackdown Hills, Somerset.
Some 6 defendants who repeatedly ignored Environment Agency advice about waste storage have been sentenced following an Agency investigation.
The National Fisheries Laboratory has seen crucial developments on how species like Prussian carp and topmouth gudgeon can be controlled.
A father and son have been sentenced for operating an illegal waste site in Lancashire, following an investigation by the Environment Agency.
The Preston and South Ribble Flood Risk Management Scheme has won a Considerate Constructors Scheme 2024 National Site Award.
An angler has been fined £443 after being caught fishing illegally in Bedfordshire.
Andrew Ferns, 33, of Johnson Place, Stoke-on-Trent was caught fishing without a licence on 17 July 2023 on the River Stour at Stratford St Mary.
Eight anglers have been fined £3,094 after being caught fishing illegally in Norfolk.
The bathing water season has started today, with monitoring by the Environment Agency now underway.
Robert Surtees will pay fines and costs totalling almost £10,000 after failing to provide information about where 25,000 tonnes of waste was taken.
Environment Agency and Environmental Services Association (ESA) relaunch joint Waste Industry Placement Scheme
Farmer Derek Dyer contaminated a private water supply and polluted a stream after a slurry store built from farmyard manure collapsed.
A community event will take place next week to explain proposals for a mine water treatment scheme at Threlkeld, near Keswick.
£11.5m extra funding announced to boost tree planting, habitat restoration and flood management across England through the Water Environment Improvement Fund.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
A man has been sentenced for operating an illegal waste site and burning waste on the land, following an investigation by the Environment Agency.
Sand has begun to be topped up on beaches between Saltfleet and Gibraltar Point, reducing the risk of flooding for Lincolnshire’s coastal communities.
Wednesday 8 May marks 40 years since the late Queen officially opened the Thames Barrier in 1984
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