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Liz Truss ‘has sewage on her hands’ over Environment Agency cuts

Exclusive: Truss oversaw cut in funds to tackle water pollution, since when raw sewage discharge has risen

The Guardian - UK

Exactly how MPs voted on dumping sewage into UK seas and rivers – fact-checked

Campaigners say 265 Tory MPs betrayed the environment in an October 2021 Commons vote. But the MPs said overall they're tightening the law, and the plan they rejected wasn't practical. Here's the argument explained

Daily Mirror

Government ‘has head in the sand’ over sewage pumped on to UK’s beaches – Labour

Amid growing calls for ministers to clamp down on those contributing to pollution, Number 10 said it was the duty of water firms to protect customers.

The Independent UK

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'Don't swim' advice in Northumberland and South Shields - Alerts show sewage discharges near three beaches

Alerts on the Safer Seas Service map show the Environment Agency is warning against swimming at some popular North East beaches

Chronicle Live

Sewage monitors faulty at seaside spots in England and Wales, data shows

Environment Agency figures indicate people could be swimming in human waste this summer without warning

The Guardian - UK

Monitors for measuring sewage going into sea 'faulty or not installed'

The Liberal Democrats say Environment Agency data shows water companies are failing to monitor sewage discharges along the coastline including at British seaside resorts

Wales Online

Thousands of sewage monitors on British beaches faulty or missing

Beaches have been inundated with sewage but much could be slipping under water companies’ radar

The Independent UK

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Map shows where 50,000 homes are at risk of flooding across Greater Manchester

The picture could worsen as the climate crisis deepens

Manchester Evening News

Bonuses for water bosses in England up 20% last year despite sewage failures

Water company executives received on average £100,000 in bonuses, despite most firms missing targets

The Guardian - UK

Beachgoers warned to stay away after sewage alerts across England and Wales

Discharges following heavy rainfall affecting water quality, especially in south

The Guardian - UK

Cars submerged in Worksop as water gets into Bassetlaw Hospital which has issued warning to patients

The situation is being monitored by the Environment Agency

Nottingham Post

Warning to anyone visiting Lake District as Windermere turns green

Signs were posted around Windermere on Tuesday warning people of “blue-green algae"

Liverpool Echo

'Foul' smelling oil found dumped at popular riverfront woodland

The Environment Agency are investigating the source of the 'pollution'

Manchester Evening News

Torrential rain and thunderstorms forecast across England and Wales

The Environment Agency had issued 29 flood alerts by Tuesday night.

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Two men from Sunderland avoid jail after bragging about illegal fishing in River Wear

The pair were using gill nets and one even bragged about a member of his family becoming a 'fine young poacher'

Bristol Post

'Soul destroying' sight of dried out pond and rotting fish 'could have been prevented'

Graeme Boyce is devastated after his local pond in an Area of Natural Beauty has been left nearly empty of water, with dead fish rotting in the heat

Evening Standard

London weather: Flood alerts issued for 10 boroughs

Wandsworth, Merton, Lambeth, Croydon, Sutton, Lewisham, Bromley, Greenwich, Richmond and Kingston are affected

Daily Mirror

UK floods: Roads turn to rivers as 3million households told to pack belongings

More than three million homes are at risk of flooding this week, with households warned to pack up their valuables and important documents in preparation for "an incredible deluge"

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The Independent UK

Fresh flood warnings for millions as rain and thunderstorms continue in England

The Environment Agency has put out 19 flood alerts in areas of the Midlands and South East England

Daily Mirror

Drought officially declared in Yorkshire as 9 areas of England run out of water

Droughts were declared in Devon and Cornwall, Solent and South Downs, Kent and South London, Hertfordshire and North London, East Anglia, Thames, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire, and the East Midlands on Friday

The Independent UK

Drought declared in Yorkshire

In July, Yorkshire recorded its fifth month in a row of below long-term average rainfall.

The Independent UK

Drought declared in Yorkshire for first time in four years as millions face water restrictions

Downpours forecast will ‘not be enough to correct weeks of dry weather’, local Environment Agency official says

Manchester Evening News

Low water levels continue at Manchester's reservoirs during weekend of extreme heat

The Enivornment Agency has warned that England’s drought could persist into next year

The Independent UK

Government must ‘overrule nimbys’ on new reservoirs to combat drought, says infrastructure tsar

Call for UK ministers to act comes as environment secretary considers ‘national grid for water’

Nottingham Post

Drought restrictions explained, how long drought could last and full list of affected areas

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

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