The Latest Breaking News from Environment Agency

Eight areas of England have been officially declared to be in drought conditions

Dorset and Wiltshire fire service says it has seen a ‘massive’ rise in wildfires compared to last year

Most of England’s rivers classed as ‘notably low’ after driest July in nearly 90 years

It comes as a drought has been formally announced in parts of England

As members of the public and businesses are being urged to use water wisely, Water UK is reminding the public of how they can do their bit, whether in an area affected by drought or not

The Environment Agency's National Drought Group gets together and looks at statistics including rainfall, how much water is left in rivers, reservoirs and lakes

Drought group preparing to meet as Met Office issues highest fire risk warning for much of England

Letters: Karen Lloyd on the Environment Agency’s lack of transparency, and Paul Sedgwick on the misguided moratorium on housebuilding across wide areas of the country

Campaigner Feargal Sharkey says profiteering from firms that dump raw sewage into rivers an ‘obscenity’

Walkers watched in horror as a large section of Sidmouth coastline in Devon crashed onto the beach at 9.15am on Monday. Parts of the cliff face were still tumbling into the sea hours later

The UK had the driest start to a year since the 1970s in 2022, with large parts of southern England receiving less than 50% of their normal winter rainfall. On top of that, southern England recently received just 17% of its average rainfall for July, in what was the country’s…