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Water company fined for polluting a Cornish stream with sewage

South West

South West Water has been ordered to pay £7,299 in fines and costs after a sewage treatment works in North Cornwall polluted a tributary of the River Ottery

Published: 11-Mar-10

Toiletry company fined after detergent causes major fish kill on Devon river

South West

A Tiverton company making toiletries and beauty products was today ordered to pay £12,196 in fines and costs after a chemical escaped from its premises into the River Lowman and killed around 1,000 fish including trout and salmon

Published: 11-Mar-10

Come and celebrate your stream

North East

Urban streams and the benefits they bring to communities and wildlife are celebrated at a family fun day in Newcastle next week.

Published: 10-Mar-10

Niagra Weir fish pass for Sheffield

North East

Anglers and wildlife enthusiasts will benefit from the building of a new fish pass at Niagra Weir on the River Don at Sheffield.

Published: 10-Mar-10

Environment Agency to offer homeowners advice about living on the edge

Southern

Environment Agency drainage specialists will be giving guidance at the Worthing B&Q store next week to customers who live near watercourses and want to make improvements to their properties.

Published: 10-Mar-10

Fine for face cream pond pollution

North East

A cosmetics manufacturer who emptied face cream residue into a South Yorkshire drain has been fined £15,000.

Published: 10-Mar-10

Villagers invited to find out more about flood scheme

Anglian

Residents of a village on the Essex/Suffolk border are being invited to share their views on a scheme to help protect their homes from flooding.

Published: 10-Mar-10

£1.5m Lewes Cliffe flood defence works complete

Southern

Residents and businesses in the Cliffe area of Lewes can now benefit from increased flood protection, with works on improving the area’s defences now complete, reducing flood risk for 209 properties.

Published: 10-Mar-10

Boaters flout licence law and pay the price

Thames

Published: 10-Mar-10

New report highlights that to maintain the current levels of risk from flooding in Wales investment will need to rise to £135 million per annum by 2035

Wales

A new report from Environment Agency Wales shows that investment in flood defences in Wales needs to triple to around £135 million a year by 2035 to continue to protect properties from flooding and climate change.

Published: 10-Mar-10