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The Latest Breaking News from the Rivers Trust

Yorkshire rivers to benefit from £21m to clear barriers and boost nature

Old structures, often associated with mills and heavy industries that were powered by the region’s waterways, are being removed to allow fish passage.

Evening Standard

Revealed: river pollution twice as bad inside national parks as outside them

Exclusive: Campaigners attack ‘outrageous’ situation, saying waters in protected areas of England and Wales should be cleanest

The Guardian - UK

Pesticides, antibiotics, animal medicines: the chemical cocktail seeping into our rivers

The list of everyday pollutants is a long one, and they could be as damaging to our water ecosystems as sewage spills

The Guardian - UK

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‘Citizen scientists’ to check UK rivers for sewage and pollution

Big River Watch scheme asks general public to help monitor state of rivers after years of deregulation

The Guardian - UK

Work to clean up polluted wild swimming spots in jeopardy, campaigners say

Pressure groups warn of lengthy delays to river clean ups due to government red tape

Advnture

Big River Watch: public to monitor UK and Irish rivers for pollution

Rivers Trust is asking citizen scientists to record observations of local waterways on free app

The Guardian - UK

British and Irish rivers in desperate state from pollution, report reveals

Not a single waterway in England or Northern Ireland in good overall health, according to Rivers Trust

The Guardian - UK

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‘Unacceptable’: how raw sewage has affected rivers in England and Wales – in maps

Hundreds of thousands of raw sewage discharges were recorded last year. These maps show where these were and what the impact is

The Guardian - UK

Rivers Trust weighs in on policy that could 'turn NI rivers and seas into open sewers'

"This move, if implemented, would result in significant pollution and environmental degradation"

Belfast Live

Chemical cocktails polluting lakes and rivers - including The Irwell and Mersey in Greater Manchester

The Irwell at Salford University in top ten for rivers with highest level of chemicals

Manchester Evening News

Which rivers in England have the highest number of chemical cocktails?

Toxic combinations of pesticides, pharmaceuticals and forever chemicals are polluting rivers up and down the country

Evening Standard

Chemical cocktails harmful to wildlife found in 81% of English rivers and lakes

Campaigners call for rigorous testing of waterways to protect species after analysis reveals scale of problem

The Guardian - UK

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